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Decisions are made by people who have time, not people who have talent.
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Scott Adams (1957 - ), Dilbert, 10-26-07
One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
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Rita Mae Brown
Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
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Colette (1873 - 1954), Chance Acquaintances, 1952
Nothing is as simple as we hope it will be.
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Jim Horning
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
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Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
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Pierre Corneille (1606 - 1684), 'The Cid,' 1636
Most new books are forgotten within a year, especially by those who borrow them.
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Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.
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Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Letter to Mrs Foote, Dec. 2, 1887
The business of America is not business. Neither is it war. The business of America is justice and securing the blessings of liberty.
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George F. Will (1941 - )
Act as if it were impossible to fail.
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Dorothea Brande
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
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Mary MacCracken
Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had.
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Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626), Essays: Of Building, 1623
You must not think me necessarily foolish because I am facetious, nor will I consider you necessarily wise because you are grave.
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Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845)
It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.
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Agnes Repplier (1855 - 1950)
Be sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body. For that man whom your outward form reveals is not yourself; the spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which and be pointed out by your finger.
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Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century. During the period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations. We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries, but necessities - not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself.
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Jimmy Carter (1924 - ), in his farewell address
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
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Lois McMaster Bujold, "The Vor Game", 1990
In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), "Self Reliance"
When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it into practice.
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Otto von Bismarck (1815 - 1898)
One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.
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A. A. Milne (1882 - 1956)
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MM's Cynical Quotes LM's Motivational Quotes Classic Quotes
Cole's Quotables Rand Lindsly's Quotes Poor Man's College
alt.quotations Archives 20th Century Quotations Quotations by Women
The Devil's Dictionary Contributed Quotations

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