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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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Oh, darling, let your body in, let it tie you in, in comfort.: Anne Sexton (1928 - 1974)
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Wars teach us not to love our enemies, but to hate our allies.: W. L. George
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A stitch in time would have confused Einstein.: Unknown
It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.': Sam Levenson (1911 - 1980)
Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God.: Heywood Broun (1888 - 1939)
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If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.: Norman Douglas
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Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.: James Bryant Conant (1893 - 1978)
I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.: Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011), Stanford University commencement address, June 12, 2005
We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Canterville Ghost, 1882
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The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down.: Flip Wilson (1933 - 1998)
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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America is not a mere body of traders; it is a body of free men. Our greatness-built upon freedom-is moral, not material. we have a great ardor for gain; but we have a deep passion for the rights of man.: Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924), Speech, New York, December 6, 1911
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It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.: Stuart's Law of Retroaction
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To become acquainted with kindness one must be prepared to learn new things and feel new feelings. Kindness is more than a philosophy of the mind. It is a philosophy of the spirit.: Robert J. Furey
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Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood...Make big plans, aim high in hope and work.: Daniel H. Burnham (1846 - 1912)
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The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.: Richard Bach
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A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.: William James (1842 - 1910)
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Stamina is utterly important. And stamina is only possible if it's managed well. People think all they need to do is endure one crazy, intense, job-free creative burst and their dreams will come true. They are wrong, they are stupidly wrong.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 3. Put the hours in., 08-22-04
Oppression can only survive through silence.: Carmen de Monteflores
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