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Our great weariness comes from work not done.: Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983), The New York Times Magazine, April 25, 1971
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Death likes it when you play hard to get.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive, 09-20-12
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I suppose no matter what I'm drawing, there will always be some sort of question in my mind about it. A work of art (even cartoon art)is never really finished; it is abandoned.: Brooke McEldowney, Pibgorn commentary, 03-31-05
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There's folks 'ud stand on their heads and then say the fault was i' their boots.: George Eliot (1819 - 1880)
Computer games don't affect kids, I mean if Pac Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive music.: Marcus Brigstocke
A friend is a second self.: Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year.: Horace Mann (1796 - 1859)
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If you don't think your life is worth more than someone else's, sign your donor card and kill yourself now.: Matthew V. Lewis, House M.D., Last Resort, 2008
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I think the world is run by 'C' students.: Al McGuire
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The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.: Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004)
We can aspire to anything, but we don't get it just 'cause we want it. I would rather spend my life close to the birds than waste it wishing I had wings.: Eli Attie, House M.D., Dying Changes Everything, 2008
Getting enough sleep can be just as important as working out.: Ali Vincent, Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life, 2009
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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.: Francois Rabelais (1494 - 1553), 1532
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If there is no God, who pops up the next Kleenex?: Art Hoppe
In general we are least aware of what our minds do best.: Marvin Minsky, The Society of Mind
When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.: Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)
Nothing’s better than the wind to your back, the sun in front of you, and your friends beside you.: Aaron Douglas Trimble
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Buy on the rumor; sell on the news.: Wall Street Proverb
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Let us hope that we are all preceded in this world by a love story.: Don Snyder, Of Time and Memory
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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