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We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.: Terry Pratchett
I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?: Jean Kerr
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There is properly no history, only biography.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
Working in the garden...gives me a profound feeling of inner peace.: Ruth Stout
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Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
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The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines - so they should go as far as possible from home to build their first buildings.: Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 - 1959), New York Times, October 4, 1953
A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name.: Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.: G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
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Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.: Georg Wilhelm, O Magazine, September 2003
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That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.: Paul Valery (1871 - 1945)
She wanted something to happen - something, anything: she did not know what.: Kate Chopin
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.: Rabbi Abraham Heschel
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When a man plays a woman in a dress, you're halfway there. It's inherently funny. When a woman plays a man, for whatever reason, it's not that instant kind of funny.: Tina Fey, ABC-TV World News Now
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.: Erica Jong, Fear of Flying, 1973
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If I make a record I love, then somebody will like it. Maybe not everybody, but that won't matter.: Norah Jones, O Magazine, July 2003
Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.: George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
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If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love's reach.: Margaret Cho, weblog, 03-09-04
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I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.: Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719), 'The Spectator'
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In a networked world, trust is the most important currency.: Eric Schmidt, University of Pennsylvania Commencement Address, 2009
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