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We change who we are to fit the exogenous of our time, and not just strategically or to our own advantage, sometimes sympathetically without our even knowing it for the betterment of the whole group.: Meryl Streep (1949 - ), Barnard Commencement Speech, 2010
Sorrow was like the wind. It came in gusts.: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them.: Leonard Louis Levinson
The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.: T. S. Eliot (1888 - 1965)
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You know, I think that if parents would spend less time worrying about what their kids watch on TV and more time worrying about what's going on in their kids' lives, this world would be a much better place.: Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, Death, 1997
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If you are a terror to many, then beware of many.: Ausonius
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.): Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "Song of Myself"
You ought to expect better of people. It encourages you to be a better person yourself.: Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content, 12-19-2011
What's the difference between a boyfriend and a husband? About 30 pounds.: Cindy Gardner
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.: Ellen DeGeneres, (attributed)
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There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true.: Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person.: Dr. David M. Burns
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Nothing can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own.: Sidney J. Harris
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It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.: Arnold Toynbee (1889 - 1975)
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I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me.: Althea Gibson (1927 - 2003)
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.': Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004)
Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man.: Leon Trotsky (1879 - 1940)
The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.: Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)
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If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run - and often in the short one - the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative.: Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - ), The Exploration of Space, 1951
Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it.: Robert Heinlein (1907 - 1988)
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