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Life ain't like books. Books got somebody writin' 'em and tryin' to entertain ya. Life is more like a set of Legos. Unless you take care of 'em, you lose a few pieces and you end up steppin' on 'em with bare feet. You gotta take care of your life.: Laura Moncur (1969 - ), Merriton: 35 Minutes Away From Home, 02-29-12
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There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
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The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.: George Orwell (1903 - 1950), "Politics and the English Language", 1946
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Perfect as the wing of a bird may be, it will never enable the bird to fly if unsupported by the air. Facts are the air of science. Without them a man of science can never rise.: Ivan Pavlov (1849 - 1936)
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Not only is there no God, but try getting a plumber on weekends.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.: Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
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Even the wisest counsel is useless when it is unheeded.: Stephanie Barron, Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor, 1996
Inanimate objects are classified scientifically into three major categories - those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost.: Russell Baker (1925 - )
You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.: A. J. Kitt
Admit that your own private Mount Everest exists. That is half the battle.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 9, 08-22-04
The thing that I'm always left with is this overwhelming desire for people to be rooted and the only way that they feel rooted is through another person.: John Allen, A network called 'Internet', CBC, 10-08-93
Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.: John Dryden (1631 - 1700)
Death likes it when you play hard to get.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive, 09-20-12
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The family is the country of the heart.: Giuseppe Mazzini (1805 - 1872)
When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), The World as I See It.
When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.: Nicole Kidman, in The Scotsman
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You can forget a lot of things, but you cannot forget a woman’s name and claim to love her.: Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, October 20, 2003
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.: Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
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Being a celebrity has taught me to hide, but being an actor has opened my soul.: Meryl Streep (1949 - ), Barnard Commencement Speech, 2010
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The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.: Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)