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The only people who find what they are looking for in life are the fault finders.: Foster's Law
It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for living.: Simone de Beauvoir
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
Do not envy a sinner; you don't know what disaster awaits him.: Bible, Old Testament
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The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.: Colette (1873 - 1954), Paris From My Window, 1944
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I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.: Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884 - 1980)
I once said cynically of a politician, 'He'll doublecross that bridge when he comes to it.': Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
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If you're here for four more years or four more weeks, you're here right now. I think when you're somewhere, you ought to be there. It's not about how long you stay in a place, it's about what you do while you're there, and when you go, is that place any better for your having been there?: Karen Hall and Jerry Stahl, Northern Exposure, Soapy Sanderson, 1990
Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.: Frank Leahy
My Karma ran over your dogma.: Unknown
When you choose the paradigm of service, it turns everything you do from a job into a gift.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2008
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
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Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.: Simeon Strunsky (1879 - 1948), No Mean City (1944)
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The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.: Ralph W. Sockman
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Those who face that which is actually before them, unburdened by the past, undistracted by the future, these are they who live, who make the best use of their lives; these are those who have found the secret of contentment.: Alban Goodier
Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive. And don't ever apologize for anything.: Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972)
We should manage our fortunes as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
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If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.: George C. Marshall (1880 - 1959)
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Read not to contradict and confute, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider.: Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
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I have always felt that the moment when first you wake up in the morning is the most wonderful of the twenty-four hours.: Monica Baldwin
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