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Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.: Umberto Eco (1932 - ), Travels in Hyperreality (Harcourt)
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God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.: Paul Valery (1871 - 1945)
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It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.: Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972)
Traffic signals in New York are just rough guidelines.: David Letterman (1947 - )
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Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine
Remember that what you believe will depend very much on what you are.: Noah Porter (1811 - 1892)
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How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?: Woody Allen (1935 - )
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There is only one you... Don't you dare change just because you're outnumbered!: Charles Swindoll
It's no accident that the church and the graveyard stand side by side. The city of the dead sleeps encircled by the city of the living.: Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Lost and Found, 1992
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Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind.: Chinese Proverb
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All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.: Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)
It is how people respond to stress that determines whether they will profit from misfortune or be miserable.: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, 1990
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People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.: David H. Comins
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My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That's almost $7.00 in dog money.: Joe Weinstein
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I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one's inner life. And that too is a deed.: Etty Hillesum
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.: German Proverb
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers. You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Razor's Edge, 1943
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If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.: Brendan Francis
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.: Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
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