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Empathy is at the heart of the actor's art.: Meryl Streep (1949 - ), Barnard Commencement Speech, 2010
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I really do believe I can accomplish a great deal with a big grin, I know some people find that disconcerting, but that doesn't matter.: Beverly Sills (1929 - )
Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.: Erica Jong, Fear of Flying, 1973
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I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.: Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888)
You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.: A. J. Kitt
Humor is everywhere, in that there's irony in just about anything a human does.: Bill Nye, Interview with Wired.com, April 2005
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No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.: Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)
Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.: Sharon Salzberg
I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.: Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. (1900 - 1965), Speech during 1952 Presidential Campaign
I have gotten a lot more attention than...other women that I find incredibly beautiful. And this has happened to me ever since I was a girl, when I was flat, had no teeth, was skinny and small as I could be. I always got more attention than anyone else. If I hadn't, I would have made sure I did.: Salma Hayek
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.: Robert Frost (1874 - 1963), (attributed)
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It does not seem to be true that work necessarily needs to be unpleasant. It may always have to be hard, or at least harder than doing nothing at all. But there is ample evidence that work can be enjoyable, and that indeed, it is often the most enjoyable part of life.: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, 1990
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For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.: Clifton Fadiman (1904 - 1999)
Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.: Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950), Letters
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I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them at least five years.: Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974)
What's another word for Thesaurus?: Steven Wright (1955 - )
It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.: Peter De Vries, "The Mackerel Plaza," 1958
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A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.: Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (1893 - 1986)
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Golf and sex are about the only things you can enjoy without being good at.: Jimmy Demaret
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The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.: Lucille Ball (1911 - 1989)
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