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Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life.: Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), The Mother, 1932
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It takes too much energy to be against something unless it's really important.: Madeleine L'Engle (1918 - )
Failure is not the only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.: Jules Renard (1864 - 1910)
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Intuition isn't the enemy, but the ally, of reason.: John Kord Lagemann
Man is born to live, not to prepare for life.: Boris Pasternak (1890 - 1960)
How little a thing can make us happy when we feel that we have earned it.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), The Diaries of Adam and Eve
Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.: Ralph Charell
Because you are in control of your life. Don't ever forget that. You are what you are because of the conscious and subconscious choices you have made.: Barbara Hall, A Summons to New Orleans, 2000
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I don’t think anyone can DO anything that would make him worthy of love. Love is a gift and cannot be earned. It can only be given.: Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, January 20, 2003
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If men saw that a term was set to their troubles, they would find strength in some way to withstand the hocus-pocus and intimidations of the prophets.: Lucretius (96 BC - 55 BC), On the Nature of the Universe
A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.: Thomas Mann (1875 - 1955)
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.: James Madison (1751 - 1836)
Either the United States will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.: W.E.B. Du Bois, Speech at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, August 1906
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It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.: Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962)
[Sleep is] the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.: Thomas Dekker (1572 - 1632)
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I love you the more that I believe you have liked me for my own sake and for nothing else.: John Keats (1795 - 1821)
Work is the curse of the drinking classes.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), In Life of Oscar Wilde, H. Pearson
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I am a galley slave to pen and ink.: Honore de Balzac (1799 - 1850)
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We're not talking about historical accuracy, we're talking about art. I've set in motion a geometric inevitability. If I start chiseling there, chipping here, the whole form is compromised.: David Assael, Northern Exposure, Family Feud, 1993
My bounce-around life had taught me that dreams were dangerous things - they look solid in your mind, but you just try to reach for them. It's like gathering clouds.: Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky, 2006
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