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Without the aid of prejudice and custom I should not be able to find my way across the room.: William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830)
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Not going home is already like death.: E. Catherine Tobler, Vanishing Act
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Exit, pursued by a bear.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Stage direction in "The Winter's Tale"
If any thing is sacred the human body is sacred.: Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
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A man ought to work. That's what he's here for. That's how he contributes to the welfare of the community.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Razor's Edge, 1943
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Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.: Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.: Edgard Varese (1883 - 1965)
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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.: Erica Jong
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Even the wisest counsel is useless when it is unheeded.: Stephanie Barron, Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor, 1996
Mighty hard to tell the people you love you're a failure.: Laura Moncur (1969 - ), Merriton: Twelve Hours from San Francisco, 11-28-07
She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
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There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction. The moment you are old enough to take the wheel, the responsibility lies with you.: J. K. Rowling, Harvard Commencement Address, 2008
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It’s such a part of me, I assume Everyone can see it.: Hugh Elliott, Standing Room Only weblog, 02-09-05
The higher the buildings, the lower the morals.: Noel Coward (1899 - 1973)
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Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them.: Robert Graves (1895 - 1985)
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The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground.: Thomas Overbury (1581 - 1613)
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.: Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.: Soren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855)
I know starting careers in troubled times is a challenge, but it is also a privilege. Because it's moments like these that force us to try harder, dig deeper and to discover gifts we never knew we had. To find the greatness that lies within each of us. So don't ever shy away from that endeavor. Don't stop adding to your body of work. I can promise that you will be the better for that continued effort as will be this nation that we all love.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), Arizona State Commencement Speech, 2009
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Convinced myself, I seek not to convince.: Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849), Berenice
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