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Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.: Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
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No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.: Sam Rayburn (1882 - 1961)
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The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79.: Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), "Mostly Harmless"
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Not going home is already like death.: E. Catherine Tobler, Vanishing Act
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EVERY path may lead you to God, even the weird ones. Most of us are on a journey. We’re looking for something, though we’re not always sure what that is. The way is foggy much of the time. I suggest you slow down and follow some of the side roads that appear suddenly in the mist.: Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, February 13, 2003
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Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.: Iris Murdoch (1919 - 1999)
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Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.: Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)
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In this new, hyper competitive age, none of us, none of us can afford to be complacent.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), Arizona State Commencement Speech, 2009
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)
Abraham Lincoln and Millard Fillmore had the same title. They were both presidents of the United States, but their tenure in office and their legacy could not be more different.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), Arizona State Commencement Speech, 2009
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Confusion is always the most honest response.: Marty Indik
Live among men as if God beheld you; speak to God as if men were listening.: Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD), Epistles
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I never know how much of what I say is true.: Bette Midler (1945 - )
Use your imagination not to scare yourself to death but to inspire yourself to life.: Adele Brookman
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.: Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), Hocus Pocus
I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.: Randall Jarrell (1914 - 1965)
What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.: Scott Westerfeld, Uglies, 2005
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Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.: Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
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Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.: Eckhart Tolle
No matter how much pressure you feel at work, if you could find ways to relax for at least five minutes every hour, you'd be more productive.: Dr. Joyce Brothers (1928 - )
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