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Conceit is God's gift to little men.: Bruce Barton
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Maybe because it's entirely an artist's eye, patience and skill that makes an image and not his tools.: Ken Rockwell, Your Camera Does Not Matter, 2005
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What's on your mind, if you will allow the overstatement?: Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)
Love can be sordid only if you work at it.: Brooke McEldowney, 9 Chickweed Lane, 05-10-2006
The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Pudd'nhead Wilson
Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.: Robert Orben
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I have seen flowers come in stony places And kind things done by men with ugly faces And the gold cup won by the worst horse at the races, So I trust too.: John Masefield (1878 - 1967)
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You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun.: Al Capone (1899 - 1947)
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.: George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
Sometimes the laughter in mothering is the recognition of the ironies and absurdities. Sometime, though, it's just pure, unthinking delight.: Barbara Schapiro, O Magazine, May 2003
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An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.: Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962)
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Doesn't matter what a person's name is as long as he behaves himself.: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.: Gustave Flaubert (1821 - 1880)
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Even the great get greater by doing more of it.: Colleen Wainwright, communitcatrix, 04-10-2006
If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.: Brendan Francis
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If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
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You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.: Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
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It's better to be a company than to work for a company.: Jim Coudal, Keynote Speech, SXSW 2006
I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed.: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.: Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
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