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There is but one temple in the universe and that is the body of man.: Novalis (1772 - 1801)
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We learn something every day, and lots of times it's that what we learned the day before was wrong.: Bill Vaughan
I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.: Mitch Hedberg (1968 - 2005)
I love that sometimes we need to go to the opposite side of the world to realize assumptions that we didn't even know we had and realize that the opposite may also be true.: Derek Sivers, TED Talk: Weird, or just different? Nov 2009
No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have, and I think he's a dirty little beast.: W. S. Gilbert (1836 - 1911)
Like I always say, there's no 'I' in "team". There is a 'me', though, if you jumble it up.: David Shore, House M.D., DNR, 2004
Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you, and be silent.: Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD)
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The best way to try to motivate somebody is by being direct with them. To be honest with them. Lies are never the right way to get your message across.: Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, My Future Self n' Me, 2002
Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth.: J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2005
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The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance - and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, September 2002
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The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.: Doug Larson
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.: John Muir (1838 - 1914), John of the Mountains, 1938
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Journalism is just a gun. It's only got one bullet in it, but if you aim right, that's all you need. Aim it right and you can blow a kneecap off the world.: Warren Ellis, Transmetropolitan: Back On The Street
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Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.: Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963), Vedanta for the Western World, 1945
Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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Sometimes the joys of our youth do not translate to joys in adulthood and it’s hard to release them.: Laura Moncur (1969 - ), Starling Fitness, 07-23-08
If you don't know what to do, call the media and at least give the appearance of doing something.: David Peterson
Why does the Air Force need expensive new bombers? Have the people we've been bombing over the years been complaining?: George Wallace
If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play at it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.: Bob Hope (1903 - 2003)
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So you see, imagination needs moodling - long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling and puttering.: Brenda Ueland
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