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Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
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Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Walden
Feelings are like toes! They have to breathe free or they'll stink to high heaven!
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Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.
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Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)
What you will do matters. All you need is to do it.
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Judy Grahn, Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds, 1984
Adventure is just bad planning.
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Roald Amundsen (1872 - 1928)
The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart - far more damaging to yourself than to them.
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Lawana Blackwell, The Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark, 1999
I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs.
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Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974)
An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
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H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun.
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Al Capone (1899 - 1947)
Discretion is not the better part of biography.
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Lytton Strachey (1880 - 1932), in Michael Holroyd Lytton, Strachey vol. 1 (1967)
Life is full of obstacle illusions.
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Grant Frazier
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.
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William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "King Henry V", Act 3 scene 1
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
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Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
I live in the present due to the constraints of the Space-Time Continuum.
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Hank Green
Leadership is based on inspiration, not domination; on cooperation, not intimidation.
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William Arthur Wood
When people mean to be good to you, you don't mind very much when they're not quite—always.
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L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
That isn’t about money, fame, or power. It’s about will, dedication, commitment, and knowing your self-worth. You can be poor as dirt and have those traits. Money can’t buy you values. You just need to know what is important to you and then feel secure in your pursuit to achieve that.
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Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
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Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962)
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
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Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924)
The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work.
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Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine
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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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