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The following quotations were randomly selected from the collections selected below . - Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
- Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, September 2002
- When you feel in your gut what you are and then dynamically pursue it - don't back down and don't give up - then you're going to mystify a lot of folks.
- Bob Dylan (1941 - )
- The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.
- Nicholas Butler (1862 - 1947)
- Think of what would happen to us in America if there were no humorists; life would be one long Congressional Record.
- Tom Masson
- My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted.
- Steven Wright (1955 - )
- When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
- Chinese Proverb
- What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.
- Scott Westerfeld, Uglies, 2005
- For the most part, fear is nothing but an illusion. When you share it with someone else, it tends to disappear.
- Marilyn C. Barrick
- America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
- In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning.
- George Orwell (1903 - 1950), "Politics and the English Language", 1946
- Thought: Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.
- Woody Allen (1935 - )
- Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
- Malcolm X (1925 - 1965), Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
- The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
- William Cowper (1731 - 1800)
- If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. A lot of people don`t appreciate the moment until it's passed.
- Kanye West
- I'm glad I don't have to explain to a man from Mars why each day I set fire to dozens of little pieces of paper, and then put them in my mouth.
- Mignon McLaughlin
- Beware the pull on your heartstrings -- it's often the pursestrings that are actually being reached for.
- Barbara Mikkelson, snopes.com, May 15, 2001
- Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
- Joseph Joubert
- Is there life before death?
- Graffito, in Belfast
- To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.
- Marquis de Vauvenargues
- We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), BBC radio broadcast, Feb 9, 1941
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