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People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.: Thich Nhat Hanh
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Part of understanding the creative urge is understanding that it's primal. Wanting to change the world is not a noble calling, it's a primal calling.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 17. Merit can be bought. Passion can't. , 08-22-04
My home is not a place, it is people.: Lois McMaster Bujold, "Barrayar", 1991
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Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.: Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937)
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Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.: H. L. Hunt
The cruelest lies are often told in silence.: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
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I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.: Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972), quoted by Time, June 9, 1975
All people want is someone to listen.: Hugh Elliott, Standing Room Only weblog, May 8, 2003
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Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.: Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951)
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If you think something is boring, try doing it for two minutes. If you still think it's boring, try it for four. If you still think it's boring, try it for eight, then sixteen, then thirty-two, and so on and so forth. Soon enough you'll find that it's really not boring at all.: John Cage (1912 - 1992)
Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.: Vachel Lindsay (1879 - 1931)
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Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture...Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.: Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
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I bid him look into the lives of men as though into a mirror, and from others to take an example for himself.: Terence (185 BC - 159 BC)
The big thieves hang the little ones.: Czech Proverb
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Looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them. You mayn't get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you from having the fun of looking forward to them.: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.: Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
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There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
Even the best of friends need time apart.: Mark Heath, Spot the Frog, 09-09-05
The great thing about a computer notebook is that no matter how much you stuff into it, it doesn't get bigger or heavier.: Bill Gates (1955 - ), Business @ The Speed of Thought
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I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.: Noel Coward (1899 - 1973)