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Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.: Shirley MacLaine (1934 - )
I'm a godmother, that's a great thing to be, a godmother. She calls me god for short, that's cute, I taught her that.: Ellen DeGeneres, My Point and I Do Have One
Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.: Steven Wright (1955 - )
My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.: Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004), Said during a radio microphone test, 1984
There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for.: Fred Hoyle (1915 - 2001)
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet, death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it, and that is how it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It's life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.: Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2005
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Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others.: Hasidic Saying
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My one aim was to do a thing well and to excel if possible.: Josephine demott Robinson, O Magazine, December 2003
Vigorous let us be in attaining our ends, and mild in our method of attainment.: Lord Newborough, Motto
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.: Czech Proverb
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God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.: Jacques Deval, Afin de vivre bel et bien
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I guess we'd be living in a boring, perfect world if everybody wished everybody else well.: Jennifer Aniston, O Magazine, February 2004
Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.: Christopher Morley (1890 - 1957)
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Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.: Rebecca West (1892 - 1983)
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The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.: Alexander Hamilton (1755 - 1804)
It's very strange when the life you never had flashes before your eyes.: Terri Minsky, Sex and the City, The Baby Shower, 1998
What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?: Irv Kupcinet
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
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