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My constant prayer for myself is to be used in service for the greater good.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2008
Go after a man's weakness, and never, ever, threaten unless you're going to follow through, because if you don't, the next time you won't be taken seriously.: Roy M. Cohn (1927 - 1986)
Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.: Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.: Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695)
The secret of all success is to know how to deny yourself. Prove that you can control yourself, and you are an educated man; and without this all other education is good for nothing.: R. D. Hitchcock
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Speak what you think today in hard words and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), "Self-Reliance", 1841
True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.: William Penn (1644 - 1718)
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We are drawn to our television sets each April the way we are drawn to the scene of an accident.: Vincent Canby, on the Academy Awards
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If you want change, you have to make it. If we want progress we have to drive it.: Susan Rice, Stanford University Commencement, 2010
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Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.: Maria Montessori (1870 - 1952)
Things could always be worse; for instance, you could be ugly and work in the Post Office.: Adrienne E. Gusoff
Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.: John L. Motley (1814 - 1877)
When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.: William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830)
Gravity. It keeps you rooted to the ground. In space, there's not any gravity. You just kind of leave your feet and go floating around. Is that what being in love is like?: Josh Brand and John Falsey, Northern Exposure, The Pilot, 1990
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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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If the universe is bigger and stranger than I can imagine, it's best to meet it with an empty bladder.: John Scalzi, Old Man's War, 2005
The idea of perfect closes your mind to new standards. When you drive hard toward one ideal, you miss opportunities and paths, not to mention hurting your confidence. Believe in your potential and then go out and explore it; don't limit it.: John Eliot, Ph.D., Reverse Psychology for Success
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Partake of some of life's sweet pleasures. And yes, get comfortable with yourself.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine
I phoned my dad to tell him I had stopped smoking. He called me a quitter.: Steven Pearl
It never pays to deal with the flyweights of the world. They take far too much pleasure in thwarting you at every turn.: Sue Grafton (1940 - ), 'H' Is for Homicide, 1991