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Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you.: William Blake (1757 - 1827)
You can be pleased with nothing when you are not pleased with yourself.: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689 - 1762)
It makes you feel very virtuous when you forgive people, doesn't it?: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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Time is that quality of nature which keeps events from happening all at once. Lately it doesn't seem to be working.: Anonymous
We live in an age when pizza gets to your home before the police.: Jeff Marder
I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.: Anna Quindlen (1953 - )
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Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.: Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC)
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That's the worst of growing up, and I'm beginning to realize it. The things you wanted so much when you were a child don't seem half so wonderful to you when you get them.: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.: Anne-Sophie Swetchine
I'm convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.: Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011), Interview, 1995
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility; But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger: Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "King Henry V", Act 3 scene 1
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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God creates men, but they choose each other.: Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 - 1527), quoted in O Magazine, November 2003
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The worst thing of all is standing by when folks are doing something wrong.: Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky, 2006
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Things are only impossible until they're not.: Jean-Luc Picard, 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'
Acting like someone you're not is exactly what it takes to realize you're capable of more than you ever knew.: Rob Sheridan, Mad Love, The Young and The Reckless, 2011
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Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion.: Kate Reid
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.: Andre Maurois (1885 - 1967)
In order for people to be happy, sometimes they have to take risks. It's true these risks can put them in danger of being hurt.: Meg Cabot, The Boy Next Door, 2002
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Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.: Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)