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Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.: Chinese Proverb
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I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there may often be a great deal more suffered than a stander-by can judge of.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Mansfield Park
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The best way to keep children home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant--and let the air out of the tires.: Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)
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Outings are so much more fun when we can savor them through the children's eyes.: Lawana Blackwell, The Courtship of the Vicar's Daughter, 1998
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As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.: Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519)
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I'm a godmother, that's a great thing to be, a godmother. She calls me god for short, that's cute, I taught her that.: Ellen DeGeneres, My Point and I Do Have One
We always felt as if every show was the most important thing in the world, but knew if we bombed, we'd live.: Raymond Joseph Teller, Fury Letter written to Brian Brushwood, 10-18-93
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Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.: Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888), 'Sohrab and Rustum,' 1853
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Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow them.: Madame de Stael (1766 - 1817)
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When I pass, speak freely of my shortcomings and my flaws. Learn from them, for I'll have no ego to injure.: Aaron McGruder, Boondocks, 07-04-04
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Reality continues to ruin my life.: Bill Watterson (1958 - ), Calvin and Hobbes
Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.: Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.: William Cowper (1731 - 1800)
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I like life. It's something to do.: Ronnie Shakes
Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now!: Michael Landon (1936 - 1991)
All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.: Bobby Knight (1940 - )
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Sometimes in life you don't always feel like a winner, but that doesn't mean you're not a winner.: Lady Gaga (1986 - ), Ellen Degeneres Show, 09-08-09
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Let us be grateful to people who make us happy: They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.: Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)
Obscurity is a good thing. You can fail in obscurity. It removes the fear of failure.: Jason Fried, Keynote Speech, SXSW 2006
Appetite, with an opinion of attaining, is called hope; the same, without such opinion, despair.: Thomas Hobbes (1588 - 1679)
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