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Eating is really one of your indoor sports. You play three times a day, and it's well worth while to make the game as pleasant as possible.: Dorothy Draper
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We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894)
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.: Margaret Mead (1901 - 1978)
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Be kind - Remember every one you meet is fighting a battle - everybody's lonesome.: Marion Parker
The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Difficulties come when you don't pay attention to life's whisper. Life always whispers to you first, but if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you'll get a scream.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2008
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Health is not simply the absence of sickness.: Hannah Green
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I'm worried that the universe will soon need replacing. It's not holding a charge.: Edward Chilton
Trouble is part of your life, and if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough.: Dinah Shore (1917 - 1994)
If you're creative, if you can think independently, if you can articulate passion, if you can override the fear of being wrong, then your company needs you now more than it ever did. And now your company can no longer afford to pretend that isn't the case.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 8, 08-22-04
My object all sublime I shall achieve in time...: W. S. Gilbert (1836 - 1911), The Mikado, 1885
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.: Mae West (1892 - 1980), Klondike Annie (1936 film)
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Setting a good example for children takes all the fun out of middle age.: William Feather (1908 - 1976)
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.: Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642)
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Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.: Marston Bates
I hope that while so many people are out smelling the flowers, someone is taking the time to plant some.: Herbert Rappaport
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The more severe the pain or illness, the more severe will be the necessary changes. These may involve breaking bad habits, or acquiring some new and better ones.: Peter McWilliams, Life 101
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History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.: Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)
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The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine
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