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A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.: Jean Paul Richter (1763 - 1825)
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It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is fatal.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.: Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908 - 1972), 'Black Power: A Form of Godly Power,' 1967
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We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts as our own, but they probably are.: James Harvey Robinson
Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.: Jodie Foster (1962 - )
Anyone who goes through life trusting people without making sure they are worthy of trust is a fool. Yet there are people who may be trusted, men as well as women. There are are as many difference in their natures as there are flowers in these meadows.: Elizabeth Aston, The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy, 2005
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I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty.: George Burns (1896 - 1996)
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Flowers never emit so sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm. When a storm approaches thee, be as fragrant as a sweet-smelling flower.: Jean Paul Richter (1763 - 1825)
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In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. That is what makes America what it is.: Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946), The Geographical History of America (1936)
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America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy.: John Updike (1932 - ), Problems and Other Stories
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Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.: Peter Drucker (1909 - 2005)
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This book fills a much-needed gap.: Moses Hadas (1900 - 1966)
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Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
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Not by wrath does one kill, but by laughter.: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Most people see themselves a certain way their entire lives. When they go through a massive change, such as losing weight, they have to learn to see themselves in a new way. It is one of the biggest struggles her members deal with on their journey.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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We laugh a lot. That's for sure. Sure beats the alternative, doesn't it?: Betty White, Mark Twain Prize, 2010
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Unfortunately sometimes one can't do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Razor's Edge, 1943
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.: Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.: Erica Jong
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A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.: Mignon McLaughlin
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