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We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it.: Sharon Salzberg, O Magazine, The Power of Intention, January 2004
Throughout life, one does not miss any chance to hold onto the things that are really precious, if one is truly wise.: Ed Greenwood
It's asking a great deal that things should appeal to your reason as well as your sense of the aesthetic.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), 'Of Human Bondage', 1915
Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?: Frank Scully
Never knock on Death's door: ring the bell and run away! Death really hates that!: Matt Frewer, as Dr. Mike Stratford in "Doctor, Doctor"
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Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle.: Ken Hakuta
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Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.: Unknown, quoted by Jim Horning
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.: Bill Cosby (1937 - )
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.: Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.: Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962), 'This Is My Story,' 1937
Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.: David Rockefeller (1915 - )
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The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it.: Glaser and Way
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What's the earth With all its art, verse, music, worth - Compared with love, found, gained, and kept?: Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.: Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)
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Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.: David T. Wolf (1943 - )
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Who knew that dog saliva can mend a broken heart?: Jennifer Neal, nakedjen, 07-22-08
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I am just going outside and may be some time.: Captain Lawrence Oates (1880 - 1912), last words
Little by little, one travels far.: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973)
A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on.: William S. Burroughs (1914 - 1997)