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I don't like the sound of all those lists he's making - it's like taking too many notes at school; you feel you've achieved something when you haven't.: Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle, 1948
Undoubtedly, we become what we envisage.: Claude M. Bristol
The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.: B. F. Skinner (1904 - 1990)
We all have a few failures under our belt. It's what makes us ready for the successes.: Randy K. Milholland, Midnight Macabre, 10-18-05
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Such is the irresistible nature of truth that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing.: Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)
Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say that what we really need is a car that can be shot when it breaks down.: Russell Baker (1925 - )
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The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.: Charles DuBois
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Walden, Conclusion, 1854
Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
There is no passion like that of a functionary for his function.: Georges Clemenceau (1841 - 1929)
If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.: Ted Turner
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Pain (any pain--emotional, physical, mental) has a message. The information it has about our life can be remarkably specific, but it usually falls into one of two categories: "We would be more alive if we did more of this," and, "Life would be more lovely if we did less of that." Once we get the pain's message, and follow its advice, the pain goes away.: Peter McWilliams, Life 101
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Avoid destructive thinking. Improper negative thoughts sink people. A ship can sail around the world many, many times, but just let enough water get into the ship and it will sink. Just so with the human mind. Let enough negative thoughts or improper thoughts get into the human mind and the person sinks just like a ship.: Alfred A. Montapert
Never have children, only grandchildren.: Gore Vidal (1925 - )
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Let us be grateful to people who make us happy: They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.: Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
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Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.: Flannery O'Connor (1925 - 1964)
Hold a true friend with both hands.: Nigerian Proverb
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Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.: Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931)
The crux... is that the vast majority of the mass of the universe seems to be missing.: William J. Broad