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Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892, Act III
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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.: Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962), 'This Is My Story,' 1937
Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.: Thomas Sowell (1930 - ), Is Reality Optional?, 1993
Physicists like to think that all you have to do is say, these are the conditions, now what happens next?: Richard Feynman (1918 - 1988)
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Following the Equator (1897)
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Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.: Milton Friedman (1912 - 2006)
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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)
I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, September 2002
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I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose... it'll be much harder to detect.: George Carlin (1937 - 2008)
Money is the opposite of the weather. Nobody talks about it, but everybody does something about it.: Rebecca Johnson, in 'Vogue'
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Are you going to come quietly, or do I have to use earplugs?: Spike Milligan, from "The Goon Show"
He who would leap high must take a long run.: Danish Proverb
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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.: Solon (638 BC - 559 BC)
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EVERY path may lead you to God, even the weird ones. Most of us are on a journey. We’re looking for something, though we’re not always sure what that is. The way is foggy much of the time. I suggest you slow down and follow some of the side roads that appear suddenly in the mist.: Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, February 13, 2003
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It's always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile.: Garry Marshall, 'Wake Me When It's Funny'
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In Ethiopia during the famine, I saw stuff there that reorganized how I saw the world. I didn't quite know what to do about it. At a certain point, I felt God is not looking for alms. God is looking for action.: Bono (1960 - ), Oprah Winfrey Show, 2002
To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.: George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
Like threads of silver seen through crystal beads Let love through good deeds show.: Edwin Arnold
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The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), in Christian Science
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What if this weren't a hypothetical question?: Unknown