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I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.: Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)
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Costly thy habit [dress] as thy purse can buy; But not expressed in fancy - rich, not gaudy. For the apparel oft proclaims the man.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), 'Hamlet,' Act I, Scene iii
There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
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People say to me so often, 'Jane how can you be so peaceful when everywhere around you people want books signed, people are asking these questions and yet you seem peaceful,' and I always answer that it is the peace of the forest that I carry inside.: Jane Goodall (1934 - )
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Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it.: Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878 - 1969)
The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.: Shana Alexander
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If you really want something, and really work hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and never give up, you will find a way.: Jane Goodall (1934 - )
An optimist stays up to see the New Year in. A pessimist waits to make sure the old one leaves.: Bill Vaughan
It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.: Graham Greene, The Ministry of Fear
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I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep.: George Best
If you go in for argument, take care of your temper. Your logic, if you have any, will take care of itself.: Joseph Farrell
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You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.: James Thurber (1894 - 1961), New Yorker, Apr. 29, 1939 "The Owl who was God"
No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty. Whether as seen carving the lines of the mountains with glaciers, or gathering matter into stars, or planning the movements of water, or gardening - still all is Beauty!: John Muir (1838 - 1914), Atlantic Monthly, January 1869
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My parents taught me how to listen to everybody before I made up my own mind. When you listen, you learn. You absorb like a sponge-and your life becomes so much better than when you are just trying to be listened to all the time.: Steven Spielberg
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.: Dutch Proverb
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Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.: Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931)
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
But all endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time.: Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet In Heaven, pg. 1 line 3-4
Be bold and mighty powers will come to your aid.: Basil King
Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.: Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)