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Seeing ourselves as others would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them.: Franklin P. Jones
People often write me and ask how I keep my wood floors so clean when I live with a child and a dog, and my answer is that I use a technique called Suffering From a Mental Illness.: Heather Armstrong, Dooce, 07-07-06
He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
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We hold in our hands, the most precious gift of all: Freedom. The freedom to express our art. Our love. The freedom to be who we want to be. We are not going to give that freedom away and no one shall take it from us!: Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Cicely, 1992
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Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster. Your life will never be the same again.: Og Mandino (1923 - 1996), The Greatest Miracle in the World
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God runs electromagnetics by wave theory on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and the Devil runs them by quantum theory on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.: Sir William Bragg (1862 - 1942)
All I can say about life is, Oh God, enjoy it!: Bob Newhart (1929 - )
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It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.: Arthur Ashe
Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.: Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)
Reality continues to ruin my life.: Bill Watterson (1958 - ), Calvin and Hobbes
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.: Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)
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You can't rest on your laurels. Your own body of work is yet to come.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), Arizona State Commencement Speech, 2009
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Guns don't kill people. People who say "Guns don't kill people" kill people. With guns.: Rob Delaney, Twitter
I believe in recovery, and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.: Ann Richards
A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.: Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (1893 - 1986)
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Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go... And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.: Gloria Naylor
You can see into the future if you have a basic understanding of how people are likely to act.: John Green, An Abundance of Katherines, 2008
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Mothers may still want their sons to grow up to be President, but according to a famous Gallup poll of some years ago, some 73 percent do not want them to become politicians in the process.: John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Profiles in Courage, 1956
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Think of yourself as an incandescent power, illuminated and perhaps forever talked to by God and his messengers.: Brenda Ueland
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