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I have an existential map. It has 'You are here' written all over it.: Steven Wright (1955 - )
If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
There comes a time in every man's life and I've had many of them.: Casey Stengel (1890 - 1975)
There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart.: Celia Thaxter
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When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we are to each other.: Margaret Wheatley
We all should be self-made, yes? The only question is what self you are making.: Susan Kaye Quinn, When You Had Power, 2020
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Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.: Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)
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To follow, without halt, one aim: There's the secret of success.: Anna Pavlova (1885 - 1931)
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To be always intending to make a new and better life but never to find time to set about it is as to put off eating and drinking and sleeping from one day to the next until you're dead.: Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
Television news is like a lightning flash. It makes a loud noise, lights up everything around it, leaves everything else in darkness and then is suddenly gone.: Hodding Carter
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The free expression of the hopes and aspirations of a people is the greatest and only safety in a sane society.: Emma Goldman (1869 - 1940), Living My Life, 1931
It is the creative potential itself in human beings that is the image of God.: Mary Daly
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Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.: Clarence Thomas (1948 - )
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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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That's the funny thing about havin' a kid. They come with their own set of problems; make everything else you were worried about seem kinda silly.: Greg Garcia, Raising Hope, Dead Tooth, 09-28-10
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What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens.: Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it.: Les Brown, Communication Bulletin for Managers & Supervisors, June 2004
A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
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I've been on a diet for two weeks and all I've lost is two weeks.: Totie Fields
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Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.: Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy