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I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.: Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884 - 1980)
When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.: Pierre Corneille (1606 - 1684)
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.: Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)
The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt.: Rene Descartes (1596 - 1650), 'Le Discours de la Methode,' 1637
I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
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That’s who you really like. The people you can think out loud in front of.: John Green, An Abundance of Katherines, 2008
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Leadership is based on inspiration, not domination; on cooperation, not intimidation.: William Arthur Wood
Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them.: Dr. Martin Henry Fischer
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A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.: Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)
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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.: Abba Eban (1915 - 2002)
If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.: Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
Employment is the surest antidote to sorrow.: Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
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It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is fatal.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
It's all knowing what to start with. If you start in the right place and follow all the steps, you will get to the right end.: Elizabeth Moon, The Speed of Dark, 2003
Everything we do really is just a little marker on the long road to death. And sometimes that's overwhelmingly depressing to me, and sometimes it makes me feel kinship and forgiveness. We've all got the same ending to the story. The way we make that story more elaborate, I got to respect.: Joss Whedon, Entertainment Weekly, 08-30-13
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Man is his own star and the soul that can render an honest and perfect man commands all light, all influence, all fate.: John Fletcher (1579 - 1625), 1647
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What you risk reveals what you value.: Jeanette Winterson
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The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.: John Dewey (1859 - 1952)
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Opportunity is rare, and a wise man will never let it go by him.: Bayard Taylor
Genuine goodness is threatening to those at the opposite end of the moral spectrum.: Charles Spencer