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The following quotations were randomly selected from the collections selected below . - Life is full of obstacle illusions.
- Grant Frazier
- In all recorded history there has not been one economist who has had to worry about where the next meal would come from.
- Peter Drucker (1909 - 2005)
- No one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually met with.
- Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Pride and Prejudice, 1811
- Sometimes when you look in his eyes you get the feeling that someone else is driving.
- David Letterman (1947 - )
- Always behave like a duck - keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath.
- Jacob Braude
- First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
- Thomas a Kempis (1380 - 1471), 1420
- I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.
- Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
- The strongest possible piece of advice I would give any young woman is: Don't screw around, and don't smoke.
- Edwina Currie, in Observer, 1988
- Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different. Life would undergo a change of appearance because we ourselves had undergone a change in attitude.
- Katherine Mansfield (1888 - 1923)
- That's what college is for - getting as many bad decisions as possible out of the way before you're forced into the real world. I keep a checklist of 'em on the wall in my room.
- Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content, 01-04-07
- Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
- Don Marquis (1878 - 1937)
- He knows all about art, but he doesn't know what he likes.
- James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
- There's no praise to beat the sort you can put in your pocket.
- Moliere (1622 - 1673)
- The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
- Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967), (attributed)
- You know, you can't please all the people all the time... and last night, all those people were at my show.
- Mitch Hedberg (1968 - 2005)
- You can't rest on your laurels. Your own body of work is yet to come.
- Barack Obama (1961 - ), Arizona State Commencement Speech, 2009
- The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
- The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.
- Bret Harte (1836 - 1902)
- The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.
- David M. Ogilvy
- Strive for excellence, not perfection.
- H. Jackson Brown Jr., O Magazine, December 2003
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