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The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.: Robert Heinlein (1907 - 1988), "Job", 1984
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The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.: Denis Watley
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Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness.: Cullen Hightower
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A full cup must be carried steadily.: English Proverb
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Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.: Jascha Heifetz (1901 - 1987)
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When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain.: John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve.: Chinese Proverb
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Peace is when time doesn't matter as it passes by.: Maria Schell
When everyone is against you, it means that you are absolutely wrong-- or absolutely right.: Albert Guinon (1863 - 1923)
Examine what is said, not him who speaks.: Arab Proverb
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I cannot call to mind a single instance where I have ever been irreverent, except toward the things which were sacred to other people.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), "Is Shakespeare Dead?"
Actions lie louder than words.: Carolyn Wells
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Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner, unless you eat some of what's on that plate. Being here in America doesn't make you an American. Being born here in America doesn't make you an American.: Malcolm X (1925 - 1965), Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
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Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic.: Lisa Alther, Kinflicks, 1975
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I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.: E. B. White (1899 - 1985)
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People are fond of spouting out the old clich%uFFFD about how Van Gogh never sold a painting in his lifetime. Somehow his example serves to justify to us, decades later, that there is somehow merit in utter failure. Perhaps, but the man did commit suicide.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 29, 08-22-04
It’s like your batteries get low, and you need to charge them on someone else’s story.: Margaret Cho, Margaret Cho's weblog, 04-11-2006