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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.: Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)
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For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.: Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
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I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them at least five years.: Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974)
The past is finished. There is nothing to b gained by going over it. Whatever it gave us in the experiences it brought us was something we had to know.: Rebecca Beard
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark places where it leads.: Erica Jong
The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made.: Jean Giraudoux (1882 - 1944)
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The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.: George Eliot (1819 - 1880)
You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.: Stephen King (1947 - ), "Hearts in Atlantis"
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Death is only going to happen to you once; I don't want to miss it.: Jim Morrison (1943 - 1971)
There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.: Pearl Buck (1892 - 1973)
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Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.: George Carlin (1937 - 2008)
Golf and sex are about the only things you can enjoy without being good at.: Jimmy Demaret
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We must get beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths... and tell the world the glories of our journey.: John Hope Franklin
Some tips for life: 1.Don't be afraid to follow your dreams, unless your dreams are stupid. 2.Be kind to people. 3.Don't get too excited when you read the Fountainhead 4.In times of recession, it is time for invention. 5.Things can kill you, so keep that in mind, you fearless know it alls.: Eugene Mirman, LHS Commencement Speech, 2009
Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.: Steven Wright (1955 - )
If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.: Lord Salisbury
When something that honest is said it usually needs a few minutes of silence to dissipate.: Pamela Ribon, Why Girls Are Weird, 2003
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The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.: Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)
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Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.: Karl Marx (1818 - 1883)
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The best of us must sometimes eat our words.: J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, 1999