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Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously aware of.: Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), Arthur Dent in "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"
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)
Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack.: Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)
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Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.: John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801 - 1890)
Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.: G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
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Be more prompt to go to a friend in adversity than in prosperity.: Chilo
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Nothing in life is promised except death.: Kanye West
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), 'Art,' 1841
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Being a woman is a terribly difficult task since it consists principally in dealing with men.: Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924)
Fish and visitors smell in three days.: Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), Poor Richard's Almanack, 1736
For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.: Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
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If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail.: Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
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Reading is no substitute for action.: Colleen Wainwright, Communicatrix, 07-26-08
Never... ever suggest they don't have to pay you. What they pay for, they'll value. What they get for free, they'll take for granted, and then demand as a right. Hold them up for all the market will bear.: Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign, 1999
Live your life as though there is great joy to be experienced... an abundance of goodness in each person you come in contact with, and the knowledge that you have enough inner wisdom to answer the mysteries that challenge you.: Meladee McCarty
After all is said and done, a lot more will be said than done.: Unknown
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.: Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD)
In life we don’t get what we want, we get in life what we are. If we want more we have to be able to be more, in order to be more you have to face rejection.: Farrah Gray
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You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.: Stanislaw J. Lec (1909 - 1966), "Unkempt Thoughts"
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When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.: John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)