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I trust that everything happens for a reason, even when we're not wise enough to see it.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine
Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die.: Amelia Burr
He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.: Sir William Drummond
The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.: Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)
Dig where the gold is…unless you just need some exercise.: John M. Capozzi, Why Climb the Corporate Ladder When You Can Take the Elevator?
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It is a great ability to be able to conceal one's ability.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680), Maxims, 1665
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To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of whom are absent.: Robert Copeland
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Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), An Ideal Husband, 1893, Act I
Poverty cannot deprive us of many consolations. It cannot rob us of the affection we have for each other, or degrade us in our own opinion, of in that of any person, whose opinion we ought to value.: Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
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On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
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Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.: Ralph W. Sockman
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In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.: Warren Buffett (1930 - )
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There's such a difference between saying a thing yourself and hearing other people say it. You may know a thing is so, but you can't help hoping other people don't quite think it is.: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.: Peter McWilliams, Life 101
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Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.: Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878 - 1969)
There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.: Gore Vidal (1925 - )
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Ah, music. A magic beyond all we do here!: J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 1997
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Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.: Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), The People, Yes (1936)
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We need men who can dream of things that never were.: John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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Having been here before and lost, to be here and win, I've got to tell you, winning is really a lot better than losing. Really a lot better.: Kate Winslet, Oscar Acceptance Speech, 02-22-09
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