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The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
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Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)
Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.
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Miguel de Cervantes (1547 - 1616)
When men are scared of a woman, they always accuse her of being mannish.
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Elizabeth Aston, The Second Mrs. Darcy, 2007
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
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Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good; try to use ordinary situations.
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Jean Paul Richter (1763 - 1825)
Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.
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John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006)
In order to truly give to others, you have to give to yourself first.
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Ali Vincent, Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life, 2009
When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win.
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Ed Macauley
The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it.
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Warren Buffett (1930 - )
I think people don't place a high enough value on how much they are nurtured by doing whatever it is that totally absorbs them.
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Jean Shinoda Bolen
The best cure for worry, depression, melancholy, brooding, is to go deliberately forth and try to lift with one's sympathy the gloom of somebody else.
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Arnold Bennett
I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please.
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Mother Jones
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), (Sherlock Holmes) Valley of Fear, 1915
We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Sometimes a good exit is all you can ask for.
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Sean Stewart, Perfect Circle, 2004
In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.
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Ellen DeGeneres, (attributed)
Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.
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Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Mansfield Park
Who is more busy than he who hath least to do?
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John Clarke, Paroemiologia Anglo-Latina, 1639
I would visualize things coming to me. It would just make me feel better. Visualization works if you work hard. That's the thing. You can't just visualize and go eat a sandwich.
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Jim Carrey, Oprah Winfrey Show, 1997
Laughter is by definition healthy.
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Doris Lessing
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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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