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Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.: Elie Wiesel (1928 - )
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Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.: William Penn (1644 - 1718)
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If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done.: Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)
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Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves - which is the same thing nowadays.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
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In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.: Aaron Rose
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It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Critic as Artist, 1891
Joy is not in things; it is in us.: Richard Wagner
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For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three.: Alice Kahn
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I bet the human brain is a kludge.: Marvin Minsky
Outer space is no place for a person of breeding.: Lady Violet Bonham Carter (1887 - 1969)
Sometimes old things need to go away. That way, we have room for the new things that come into our lives.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive webcomic, 09-17-05
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.: Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962)
If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.: Anonymous, often attributed to Dan Quayle
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People get comfortable with the way you are—they have formed their opinion of you based on everything they see and know about you as a person. When you change that up by losing weight, they no longer understand you.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.: Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), 'Strength to Love,' 1963
If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time.: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)
A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on.: William S. Burroughs (1914 - 1997)
Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power.: Henry George (1839 - 1897)
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.: George Eliot (1819 - 1880)
If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee -- that will do them in.: Bradley's Bromide
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