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Emergencies have always been necessary to progress. It was darkness which produced the lamp. It was fog that produced the compass. It was hunger that drove us to exploration. And it took a depression to teach us the real value of a job.: Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
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What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined... to strengthen each other... to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.: George Eliot (1819 - 1880)
Isn't everyone a part of everyone else?: Budd Schulberg, O Magazine, November 2003
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You should not live one way in private, another in public.: Publilius Syrus (~100 BC)
Let us hope that we are all preceded in this world by a love story.: Don Snyder, Of Time and Memory
Sport is imposing order on what was chaos.: Anthony Starr
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If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.: Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937)
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.: Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
Everybody is too busy with their own lives to give a damn about your book, painting, screenplay etc, especially if you haven't sold it yet. And the ones that aren't, you don't want in your life anyway.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 22. Nobody cares. Do it for yourself., 08-22-04
There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
Men who never get carried away should be.: Malcolm Forbes (1919 - 1990)
Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, harness your power to your passion. Honor your calling. Everybody has one. Trust your heart, and success will come to you.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2008
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Twilight, again. Another ending. No matter how perfect the day is, it always has to end.: Stephenie Meyer, Twilight, 2005
Of course the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you--if you don't play, you can't win.: Robert Heinlein (1907 - 1988)
Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation.: Lawana Blackwell, The Courtship of the Vicar's Daughter, 1998
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.: Abigail Adams (1744 - 1818), 1780
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I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing.: Johnny Carson (1925 - 2005)
If you want to catch something, running after it isn't always the best way.: Lois McMaster Bujold, "Borders of Infinity", 1989
The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.: Abbie Hoffman (1936 - 1989)
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Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.: Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004)
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