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Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.: Stephen Leacock (1869 - 1944)
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Pain (any pain--emotional, physical, mental) has a message. The information it has about our life can be remarkably specific, but it usually falls into one of two categories: "We would be more alive if we did more of this," and, "Life would be more lovely if we did less of that." Once we get the pain's message, and follow its advice, the pain goes away.: Peter McWilliams, Life 101
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My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.: Edith Sitwell (1887 - 1964)
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Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.: Lily Tomlin (1939 - )
Unfortunately sometimes one can't do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Razor's Edge, 1943
A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.: Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894)
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Sometimes it seems like God is difficult to find and impossibly far away. We get so caught up in our small daily duties and irritations that they become the only things that we can focus on. What we forget is that God's love and beauty are all around us, every day, if only we would take the time to look up and see them.: Matthias, Correction Weblog, 11-01-03
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What music is more enchanting than the voices of young people, when you can't hear what they say?: Logan Pearsall Smith (1865 - 1946), Afterthoughts (1931) "Age and Death"
The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity.: John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Speech in Indianapolis, April 12, 1959
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To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.: Margaret Thatcher (1925 - ), interview with Barbara Walters on ABC-TV, March 18, 1987
The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.: Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882)
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Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.: George Orwell (1903 - 1950)
It is always the best policy to speak the truth--unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.: Jerome K. Jerome (1859 - 1927)
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A full cup must be carried steadily.: English Proverb
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Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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Turn your midlife crisis to your own advantage by making it a time for renewal of your body and mind, rather than stand by helplessly and watch them decline.: Jane E. Brody
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.: James Thurber (1894 - 1961), in Edward R. Murrow television interview
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Sport is imposing order on what was chaos.: Anthony Starr
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It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for living.: Simone de Beauvoir
Household tasks are easier and quicker when they are done by somebody else.: James Thorpe (1888 - 1953)