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What is food to one, is to others bitter poison.: Lucretius (96 BC - 55 BC), De Rerum Natura
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Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced to immobility. In life's ledger there is no such thing as frozen assets.: Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)
Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism. For the record, it’s my least favorite quality. It doesn’t lead anywhere.: Conan O'Brien, Final Tonight Show Speech, 2010
Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long.: Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971)
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Poetry often enters through the window of irrelevance.: M. C. Richards
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War is not nice.: Barbara Bush (1925 - )
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Some people have so much respect for their superiors they have none left for themselves.: Peter McArthur
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My Karma ran over your dogma.: Unknown
The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.: Edwin Schlossberg
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Good food ends with good talk.: Geoffrey Neighor, Northern Exposure, Duets, 1993
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Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.: Dan Rather (1931 - )
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There's nothing that keeps its youth, So far as I know, but a tree and truth.: Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894), The Deacon's Masterpiece, 1858
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History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, however, if faced with courage, need not be lived again.: Maya Angelou (1928 - )
If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.: Lyndon B. Johnson (1908 - 1973)
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Kneeling over a trickling mountain stream and pumping every ounce of water you use though a filter can really change your perception of turning on a faucet.: Eric Voorhis, Camping Earth, Backcountry Camping Can Be A Stressful Pursuit, 03-02-12
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We are all born with wonderful gifts. We use these gifts to express ourselves, to amuse, to strengthen, and to communicate. We begin as children to explore and develop our talents, often unaware that we are unique, that not everyone can do what we're doing!: Lynn Johnston (1947 - ), Lynn on Ideas
The joy of a spirit is the measure of its power.: Ninon de Lenclos (1620 - 1705)
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Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time.: Sam Rayburn (1882 - 1961), quoted Washingtonian, November 1978
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Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.: Steven Wright (1955 - )
Forgiveness is one of the many horrible side effects of loving someone.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive, 12-29-05