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Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.: Ovid (43 BC - 17 AD)
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Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.: James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
I take it as a man's duty to restrain himself.: Lois McMaster Bujold, Ethan of Athos, 1986
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The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.: Quentin Crisp
The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.: William Cowper (1731 - 1800)
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Women are better at acting then men. Why? Because we have to be. If successfully convincing someone bigger than you are of something he doesn't want to know is a survival skill, this is how women have survived through the millennia.: Meryl Streep (1949 - ), Barnard Commencement Speech, 2010
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I still need more healthy rest in order to work at my best. My health is the main capital I have and I want to administer it intelligently.: Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961)
You can talk about anything if you go about it the right way, which is never malicious.: Rodney Carrington
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.: Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804)
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You can pray for someone even if you don't think God exists.: Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, July 7, 2003
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No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.: Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)
Under the greenwood tree who loves to lie with me ... Here shall he see no enemy but winter and rough weather.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), As You Like It, Act II, sc. 5
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The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance - and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, September 2002
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Don't let your sorrow come higher than your knees.: Swedish Proverb
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I'm a jerk to everyone. Best way to protect yourself from lawsuits.: David Hoselton, House M.D., Guardian Angels, 2007
Everything is connected... no one thing can change by itself.: Paul Hawken
Confusion is always the most honest response.: Marty Indik
The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.: Peter Drucker (1909 - 2005)
That is the greatest fallacy, the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.: Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961), A Farewell to Arms, 1929
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God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
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