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To obtain a man's opinion of you, make him mad.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894)
I'm worried that the universe will soon need replacing. It's not holding a charge.
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Edward Chilton
Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away.
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Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004)
Silent gratitude isn't very much use to anyone.
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Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946)
I'm the world's least happy atheist. I miss having religious faith, but trying to have it seems like trying to be in love with someone that you're not in love with.
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Lisa Williams, Learning the Lessons of Nixon, 03-29-08
Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
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Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989)
'Taint't worthwhile to wear a day all out before it comes.
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Sarah Orne Jewett (1849 - 1909), The Country of the Pointed Firs, 1896
Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.
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Katharine Hepburn (1907 - 2003)
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.
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Alec Bourne
Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.
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Sir Thomas Beecham (1879 - 1961)
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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Walter Bagehot (1826 - 1877)
Good men must be affectionate men.
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Samuel Richardson (1689 - 1761)
Instant gratification takes too long.
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Carrie Fisher (1956 - )
Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.
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Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988), "The Peter Principle"
Look at all the sentences which seem true and question them.
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David Reisman
You must have a room, or a certain hour or so a day, where you don't know what was in the newspapers that morning... a place where you can simply experience and bring forth what you are and what you might be.
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Joseph Campbell (1904 - 1987)
How do I define success? Let me tell you, money's pretty nice. But having a lot of money does not automatically make you a successful person. What you want is money and meaning. You want your work to be meaningful, because meaning is what brings the real richness to your life.
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Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2008
Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.
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Rebecca West (1892 - 1983)
I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them at least five years.
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Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974)
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MM's Cynical Quotes LM's Motivational Quotes Classic Quotes
Cole's Quotables Rand Lindsly's Quotes Poor Man's College
alt.quotations Archives 20th Century Quotations Quotations by Women
The Devil's Dictionary Contributed Quotations

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