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There are only two kinds of scholars; those who love ideas and those who hate them.: Emile Chartier
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A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing the present as it is but often prompts us to rearrange the past.: Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983), The Passionate State of Mind, 1954
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Some cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Much Ado About Nothing, Act III, sc. 1
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The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums.: G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936), Orthodoxy; p. 14
Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.: Jane Goodall (1934 - )
There must be more to life than having everything.: Maurice Sendak (1928 - )
Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.: Sharon Salzberg
I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars.: Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)
In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), "Self Reliance"
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He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.: Menander (342 BC - 292 BC)
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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You can't connect the dots looking forward you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something: your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the well worn path.: Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2005
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The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
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I want to change the pop world one sequin at a time. Artists tend to take themselves way too seriously and don't enjoy the fun of making an impact on culture. I just have a good time and sequins represent a good time.: Lady Gaga (1986 - ), BBC Breakfast, 04-21-09
The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.: Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
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To get thine ends, lay bashfulness aside; Who fears to ask, doth teach to be deny'd.: Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbors will say.: Cyril Connolly (1903 - 1974)
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We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. We have the power to imagine better.: J. K. Rowling, Harvard Commencement Address, 2008
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First it is necessary to stand on your own two feet. But the minute a man finds himself in that position, the next thing he should do is reach out his arms.: Kristin Hunter, O Magazine, November 2003
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Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.: Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC)
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