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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?"
Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Hamlet, 1600
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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
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You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.: Julia Child (1912 - 2004)
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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Walden, Conclusion, 1854
Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.: Edgar Watson Howe (1853 - 1937), 'Country Town Sayings,' 1911
Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.: Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744), An Essay on Criticism, 1711
I define comfort as self-acceptance. When we finally learn that self-care begins and ends with ourselves, we no longer demand sustenance and happiness from others.: Jennifer Louden
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.: Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962)
Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy.: Edward Chapin
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Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never.: Marguerite de Valois
The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.: David Friedman
In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Northanger Abbey, 1818
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Most of you have been where I am tonight. The crash site of unrequited love. You ask yourself, How did I get here? What was it about? Was it her smile? Was it the way she crossed her legs, the turn of her ankle, the poignant vulnerability of her slender wrists? What are these elusive and ephemeral things that ignite passion in the human heart? That's an age-old question. It's perfect food for thought on a bright midsummer's night.: Martin Sage and Sybil Adelman, Northern Exposure, The Bumpy Road to Love, 1991
Someday we'll look back on this moment and plow into a parked car.: Evan Davis
Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.: Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.: Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919)
We think in generalities, but we live in detail.: Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)
It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation. Yes we can. It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail towards freedom through the darkest of nights. Yes we can. It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness. Yes we can.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), New Hampshire Democratic Primary Speech, 01-08-08
Doesn't matter what a person's name is as long as he behaves himself.: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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