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I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.: George Best
A man can do all things if he but wills them.: Leon Battista Alberti (1404 - 1472)
Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack.: Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)
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I really do believe I can accomplish a great deal with a big grin, I know some people find that disconcerting, but that doesn't matter.: Beverly Sills (1929 - )
Be wise with speed . A fool at forty is a fool indeed.: Edward Young (1683 - 1765)
All that counts in life is intention.: Andrea Bocelli, in TV Guide
The universe may have a purpose, but nothing we know suggests that, if so, this purpose has any similarity to ours.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
A neurosis is a secret that you don't know you are keeping.: Kenneth Tynan
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The good or ill of a man lies within his own will.: Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD)
Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.: Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)
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How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.: Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004)
In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.: Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.: Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949), Wisdom and Destiny, 1898
This is the sixth book I've written, which isn't bad for a guy who's only read two.: George Burns (1896 - 1996)
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I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.: W. C. Fields (1880 - 1946)
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The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), Ecce Homo, Foreword
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.: Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
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Marvelous Truth, confront us at every turn, in every guise.: Denise Levertov
Don't aim at success - the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue... as the unintended side-effect of one's personal dedication to a course greater than oneself.: Viktor Frankl, Man's Search For Meaning
His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy.: Woody Allen (1935 - )