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You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.: Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), letter to Count Diodati, 1807
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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Love truth, and pardon error.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
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I like manual labor. Whenever I've got waterlogged with study, I've taken a spell of it and found it spiritually invigorating.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Razor's Edge, 1943
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It comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much.: Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011), BusinessWeek Online, Oct. 12, 2004
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.: Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933)
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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The most profound statements are often said in silence.: Lynn Johnston (1947 - ), For Better or For Worse, 01-15-04
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To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.: Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
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In general we are least aware of what our minds do best.: Marvin Minsky, The Society of Mind
That consciousness is everything and that all things begin with a thought. That we are responsible for our own fate, we reap what we sow, we get what we give, we pull in what we put out. I know these things for sure.: Madonna (1958 - ), O Magazine, January 2004
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It's very easy to feel someone's pain when you love them.: Salma Hayek, Conversation with Salma Hayek, 2002
I base my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.: Gilda Radner (1946 - 1989)
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Worrying helps you some—it seems as if you were doing something when you're worrying.: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Walden
Not every story has explosions and car chases. That's why they have nudity and espionage.: Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum, Unshelved, 09-14-08
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When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.: Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745), Thoughts on Various Subjects
In a networked world, trust is the most important currency.: Eric Schmidt, University of Pennsylvania Commencement Address, 2009
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Silly is you in a natural state, and serious is something you have to do until you can get silly again.: Mike Myers