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Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.: Patricia Sampson
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I am in earnest; I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch; and I will be heard.: William Lloyd Garrison (1805 - 1879)
To get the best out of a man go to what is best in him.: Daniel Considine
You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.: Malcolm X (1925 - 1965), Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
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Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.: Sophia Loren (1934 - )
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Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power.: Henry George (1839 - 1897)
No problem is too small or too trivial if we can really do something about it.: Richard Feynman (1918 - 1988), Letter to Koichi Mano
Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.: C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963)
A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.: Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
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As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.: William James (1842 - 1910)
People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.: Bob Hope (1903 - 2003)
Like anyone else, there are days I feel beautiful and days I don't, and when I don't, I do something about it.: Cheryl Tiegs (1947 - ), O Magazine, May 2004
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Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.: Edward De Bono
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My Father taught me to weigh my words carefully, and speak up only when I had something insightful to add to the proceedings, or something really funny to say. He also taught me that if I couldn’t be that kind of guy in real life, that I could earn a healthy living pretending to be that guy in the movies – particularly when paired up with a long haired stoner.: Kevin Smith, My Boring Ass Life, 06-01-05
Who would have guessed it possible that waiting is sustainable. A place with its own harvest.: Kay Ryan
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.: Elizabeth I (1533 - 1603), in Francis Bacon, Apophthegms, 1625
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Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success.: Brian Adams
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The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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To be great is to be misunderstood.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), An Essay on Self-Reliance