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To establish oneself in the world, one has to do all one can to appear established.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told, 'I'm with you kid. Let's go.': Maya Angelou (1928 - ), in Daily News
Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
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Oh, darling, let your body in, let it tie you in, in comfort.: Anne Sexton (1928 - 1974)
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A man can do all things if he but wills them.: Leon Battista Alberti (1404 - 1472)
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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Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.: Dandemis
The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear, toward others as well as ourselves.: Oscar Arias Sanchez (1941 - )
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There was an immeasurable distance between the quick and the dead: they did not seem to belong to the same species; and it was strange to think that but a little while before they had spoken and moved and eaten and laughed.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), 'Of Human Bondage', 1915
Disappearing can be quite the coping mechanism for those of us who fear abandonment the very most of all. If we disappear, you have to find us. You're the one who worries. We know where we are, but you can't leave me. I'm in charge and doing the leaving. Not the other way around.: Jennifer Neal, nakedjen, Disappearing Act, 03-06-12
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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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Facts are the enemy of truth.: Miguel de Cervantes (1547 - 1616), Man of La Mancha
If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play at it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.: Bob Hope (1903 - 2003)
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The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it.: William Gibson (1948 - )
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In order for people to be happy, sometimes they have to take risks. It's true these risks can put them in danger of being hurt.: Meg Cabot, The Boy Next Door, 2002
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Do definite good; first of all to yourself, then to definite persons.: John Lancaster Spalding
Real strength is not just a condition of one's muscle, but a tenderness in one's spirit.: McCallister Dodds
Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.: Robertson Davies
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
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There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.: Henry Kissinger (1923 - )