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Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.: Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
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Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive. And don't ever apologize for anything.: Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972)
I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do any thing. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.: Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967), Here Lies (1939), "The Little Hours"
For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.: Clifton Fadiman (1904 - 1999)
The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
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Good company requires only birth, education, and manners, and with regard to education is not very nice. Birth and good manners are essential; but a little learning is by no means a dangerous thing in good company; on the contrary, it will do very well.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
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Do not envy a sinner; you don't know what disaster awaits him.: Bible, Old Testament
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There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer; no disease that enough love will not heal; no door that enough love will not open.: Emmet Fox
Saying goodbye doesn't mean anything. It's the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it.: Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, Tweek Vs. Craig, 1999
The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.: George Eliot (1819 - 1880)
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An affirmation is a strong, positive statement that something is already so.: Shakti Gawain
The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778), Discours en vers sur l'homme, 1737
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If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.: Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld magazine
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Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.: Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.: Bill Gates (1955 - )
It's not foresight or hindsight we need. We need sight, plain and simple. We need to see what is right in front of us.: Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, April 22, 2003
There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
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The cure for writer's cramp is writer's block.: Inigo DeLeon
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If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), (attributed)
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I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic.: Lisa Alther, Kinflicks, 1975
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