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Mach-S, the speed at which stress can't keep up, is simply forward motion. But it has to be self- propelled. Note that people in cars are still stressed.: Jef Mallett, Frazz, 08-26-05
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Do not employ handsome servants.: Chinese Proverb
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A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top .: Unknown
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Life is pain, anyone who says differently is selling something.: William Goldman, The Princess Bride
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.: Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931)
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It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.: Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
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I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.: J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 1997
Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.: Bob Dylan (1941 - )
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By a curious confusion, many modern critics have passed from the proposition that a masterpiece may be unpopular to the other proposition that unless it is unpopular it cannot be a masterpiece.: G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
A hug is a wonderful thing. It makes you feel wanted, needed, and loved all at the same time.: Gregory Garcia and Dan Coscino, Raising Hope, Happy Halloween, October 26, 2010
Admiration, n.: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness, or even despairâ€“the sense that you can never completely put on the page whatâ€™s in your mind and heart. You can come to the act with your fists clenched and your eyes narrowed, ready to kick ass and take down names. You can come to it because you want a girl to marry you or because you want to change the world. Come to it any way but lightly. Let me say it again: you must not come lightly to the blank page.: Stephen King (1947 - ), On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, 2000
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If God had really intended men to fly, he'd make it easier to get to the airport.: George Winters
We would worry less about what others think of us if we realized how seldom they do.: Ethel Barrett
How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking, always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to.: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
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Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, July 2003
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If you are a terror to many, then beware of many.: Ausonius
When I was younger I thought success was something different. I thought, " When I grow up, I want to be famous. I want to be a star. I want to be in movies. When I grow up I want to see the world, drive nice cars. I want to have groupies." But my idea of success is different today. For me, the most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and not to give into peer pressure, to try to be something that you're not. To live your life as an honest and compassionate person. To contribute in some way.: Ellen DeGeneres, Tulane Commencement Speech, 2009
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