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The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.: Baltasar Gracian
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With a stop light, green means 'go' and yellow means 'slow down'. With a banana, however, it is quite the opposite. Yellow means 'go', green means 'whoa, slow down', and red means 'where the heck did you get that banana?': Mitch Hedberg (1968 - 2005)
As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree' -- probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
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We play the hands of cards life gives us. And the worst hands can make us the best players.: Doc Searls, Doc Searls Weblog, 12-02-06
Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts.: Rita Mae Brown
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Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
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Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?: Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
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It can be a real struggle to accept that sometimes appearance can be more important than talent or intelligence.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.: Henry Kissinger (1923 - )
This world is given as the prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world, is truer still of the world to come.: Frederick William Robertson
A little drama wins more friends than boring.: Scott Westerfeld, Midnighters: The Secret Hour, 2004
I show up. I listen. I try to laugh.: Anna Quindlen (1953 - ), A Short Guide to a Happy Life, 2000
A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.: Alexander Hamilton (1755 - 1804)
The world belongs to the energetic.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most.: Joseph Wood Krutch (1893 - 1970)
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.: Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882)
When anger rises, think of the consequences.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
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In the end, you'll know which people really love you. They're the ones who see you for who you are and, no matter what, always find a way to be at your side.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 08-23-05
The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.: Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)
The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid.: Art Spander
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