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Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.: Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)
In every aspect of our lives, we are always asking ourselves, How am I of value? What is my worth? Yet I believe that worthiness is our birthright.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously.... Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Pride and Prejudice, 1811
Every time we remember to say "thank you," we experience nothing less than heaven on earth.: Sarah Ban Breathnach
It is only the first step that is difficult.: Marie De Vichy-Chaconne, Marquise Du Defend, letter to Defend, 1763
My toughest fight was with my first wife.: Muhammad Ali (1942 - )
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One must desire something to be alive.: Margaret Deland, O Magazine, September 2002
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People don't believe what you tell them. They rarely believe what you show them. They often believe what their friends tell them. They always believe what they tell themselves.: Seth Godin, Seth Godin's Blog, 07-29-06
Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.: Unknown
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That's the key to having it all: stop expecting it to look like what you thought it was going to look like.: Cindy Chupack, Sex and the City, Plus One Is The Loneliest Number, 2002
A short saying oft contains much wisdom.: Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC)
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Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.: Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)
The greatest mystery is not that we have been flung at random between the profusion of matter and of the stars, but that within this prison we can draw from ourselves images powerful enough to deny our nothingness.: Andre Malraux (1901 - 1976)
The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.: Jill Churchill, O Magazine, May 2003
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The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it.: Wilfred A. Peterson
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You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.: Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924)
Just because you love someone doesn't mean you have to be involved with them. Love is not a bandage to cover wounds.: Hugh Elliott, Standing Room Only weblog, February 16, 2004
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People seem to enjoy things more when they know a lot of other people have been left out of the pleasure.: Russell Baker (1925 - )
He knows all about art, but he doesn't know what he likes.: James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
There is no good lighting that is healthy and for our well being without proper darkness.: Roger van der Heide, TED: Why Light Needs Darkness, 2011