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The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve; we must not give ourselves up to it and follow it blindly, whether right or wrong.: Pierre Charron
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The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes.: Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 - 1959)
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Part of understanding the creative urge is understanding that it's primal. Wanting to change the world is not a noble calling, it's a primal calling.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 17. Merit can be bought. Passion can't. , 08-22-04
Don't worry if you're a kleptomaniac, you can always take something for it.: Unknown
The world ridicules a passion which it seldom feels; its scenes, and its interests, distract the mind, deprave the taste, corrupt the heart, and love cannot exist in a heart that has lost the meek dignity of innocence.: Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.: Martha Beck, O Magazine, Growing Wings, January 2004
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Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
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There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains. the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.: Bette Davis (1908 - 1989), The Lonely Life, 1962
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As I see it, every day you do one of two things: build health or produce disease in yourself.: Adelle Davis (1904 - 1974)
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There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.: Josh Billings (1818 - 1885)
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The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.: Doug Larson
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If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.: Tallulah Bankhead (1903 - 1968)
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I've never known any trouble that an hour's reading didn't assuage.: Charles De Secondat (1689 - 1755)
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Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.: Arnold Bennett
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Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.: Unknown, Hanlon's Razor
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Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "All's Well That Ends Well", Act 1 Scene 1
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Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll buy a funny hat. Talk to a hungry man about fish, and you're a consultant.: Scott Adams (1957 - ), Dogbert; Dilbert cartoons
If we choose only to expose ourselves to opinions and viewpoints that are in line to our own, we become more polarized, more set in our own ways. It will only reinforce and deepen the political divides in our country. But if we choose to actively seek out information that challenges our assumptions and beliefs, perhaps we can begin to understand where the people who disagree with us are coming from.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), University of Michigan Commencement, 2010
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Deal with the consequences of your actions, 'cause life ain't no video game.: Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
I believe that uncertainty is really my spirit's way of whispering, "I'm in flux. I can't decide for you. Something is off-balance here.": Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, June 2003
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