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Years ago my mother said to me, 'In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.' For years I was smart. I recommend pleasant.: Mary Chase (1887 - 1973), Elwood P. Dowd (Jimmy Stewart) in "Harvey", 1950
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.: Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
I show up. I listen. I try to laugh.: Anna Quindlen (1953 - ), A Short Guide to a Happy Life, 2000
Fathers send their sons to college either because they went to college or because they didn't.: L. L. Henderson
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I'm still an atheist, thank God.: Luis Bunuel (1900 - 1983)
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It's not what you want in this life, it's what you get that you have to do with.: Elizabeth Aston, The True Darcy Spirit, 2006
If a thing isn't worth saying, you sing it.: Pierre Beaumarchais (1732 - 1799)
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You know everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), New York Times Aug. 31 1924
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Is life worth living? Aye, with the best of us, Heights of us, depths of us - Life is the test of us!: Corinne Roosevelt Robinson
First there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while we believe with discrimination, then we believe nothing whatever, and then we believe everything again - and, moreover, give reasons why we believe.: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 - 1799)
I don't generally feel anything until noon; then it's time for my nap.: Bob Hope (1903 - 2003)
Eat a live toad the first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.: Unknown
Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success.: Brian Adams
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Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellowmen. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone.: Carlos Castaneda
Having a baby's sweet face so close to your own, for so long a time as it takes to nurse 'em, is a great tonic for a sad soul.: Erica Eisdorfer, The Wet Nurse's Tale, 2009
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I've learned that all a person has in life is family and friends. If you lose those, you have nothing, so friends are to be treasured more than anything else in the world.: Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, Prehistoric Ice Man, 1999
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Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.: Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915)
In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is simply one of those things which happen from time to time.: Edward P. Tryon
There are two kinds of light--the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.: James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
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