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The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man...only five hundred.: Meredith Willson, The Music Man
The only really good place to buy lumber is at a store where the lumber has already been cut and attached together in the form of furniture, finished, and put inside boxes.: Dave Barry (1947 - ), "The Taming of the Screw"
You need only claim the event of your life to make yourself yours. When you truly possess all you have been and done, which may take some time, you are fierce with reality.: Florida Scott-Maxwell, Oprah Magazine, May 2004
And I loved the whole idea behind the story, which is that you're beautiful, so don't let other people tell you that you're not just because you don't look like the people in magazines. Or because you're not that weird ideal body image that's out there right now.: Mike Myers, Talking about Shrek
Words calculated to catch everyone may catch no one.: Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. (1900 - 1965), speech to Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Illinois, July 21, 1952
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He who hesitates is a damned fool.: Mae West (1892 - 1980)
Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.: Ralph Charell
Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing.: John Erskine (1879 - 1951)
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Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.: Arthur Miller (1915 - 2005)
Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of, a blessing money can't buy.: Izaak Walton (1593 - 1683)
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It's all very well to read about sorrows and imagine yourself living through them heroically, but it's not so nice when you really come to have them, is it?: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you.: Nancy Astor (1879 - 1964)
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The crowd gives the leader new strength.: Evenius
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I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.: John Locke (1632 - 1704)
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Joy is prayer - Joy is strength - Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.: Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997)
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I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home.: Robert Orben
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When you own or take responsibility for your feelings, you place yourself in a position of power and control.: Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011
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A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.: Donald Trump (1946 - )
You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.: Charles Austin Beard (1874 - 1948)
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life.: Bible, New Testament, James, Chapter 1, Verse 12
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