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We simply rob ourselves when we make presents to the dead.: Publilius Syrus (~100 BC), Moral Sayings, First Century B.C.
Deal with the consequences of your actions, 'cause life ain't no video game.: Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
Knowledge is power.: Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626), Religious Meditations, Of Heresies, 1597
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Biography lends to death a new terror.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
A man that don't believe in destiny don't need to know what his destiny is.: Laura Moncur (1969 - ), Merriton: Twelve Hours from San Francisco, 08-20-08
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Some cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Much Ado About Nothing, Act III, sc. 1
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I stand by all the misstatements that I've made.: Dan Quayle (1947 - ), to Sam Donaldson, 8/17/89
Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one's own self.: Erich Fromm (1900 - 1980)
That's the trouble with a politician's life-somebody is always interrupting it with an election.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
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Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.: Marcus Valerius Martialis (40 AD - 103 AD)
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A runners creed: I will win; if I cannot win, I shall be second; if I cannot be second, I shall be third; if I cannot place at all, I shall still do my best.: Ken Doherty
I've decided that the key to happiness is low expectations.: Laura Moncur (1969 - ), Merriton: Twelve Hours from San Francisco, 06-04-08
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Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.: Storm Jameson
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The best way to predict the future is to invent it.: Alan Kay
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Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.: Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2005
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I had an epiphany a few years ago where I was out at a celebrity party and it suddenly dawned on me that I had yet to meet a celebrity who is as smart and interesting as any of my friends.: Moby, quoted on CNN.com, March 2005
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The problem with political jokes is they get elected.: Henry Cate VII
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Sometimes a good exit is all you can ask for.: Sean Stewart, Perfect Circle, 2004
Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long.: Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971)
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Each person has an ideal, a hope, a dream which represents the soul. We must give to it the warmth of love, the light of understanding and the essence of encouragement.: Colby Dorr Dam