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Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.: William Feather (1908 - 1976)
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That consciousness is everything and that all things begin with a thought. That we are responsible for our own fate, we reap what we sow, we get what we give, we pull in what we put out. I know these things for sure.: Madonna (1958 - ), O Magazine, January 2004
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It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation. Yes we can. It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail towards freedom through the darkest of nights. Yes we can. It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness. Yes we can.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), New Hampshire Democratic Primary Speech, 01-08-08
It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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But the body is deeper than the soul and its secrets inscrutable.: E. M. Forster (1879 - 1970)
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There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub.: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
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When I pass, speak freely of my shortcomings and my flaws. Learn from them, for I'll have no ego to injure.: Aaron McGruder, Boondocks, 07-04-04
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As we grow old…the beauty steals inward.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
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An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.: Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969)
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.: John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
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Such is the inconsistency of real love, that it is always awake to suspicion, however unreasonable; always requiring new assurances from the object of its interest.: Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
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Summer afternoon - Summer afternoon... the two most beautiful words in the English language.: Henry James (1843 - 1916)
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The most powerful factors in the world are clear ideas in the minds of energetic men of good will.: J. Arthur Thomson
By prizing heartfulness above faultlessness, we may reap more from our effort because we're more likely to be changed by it.: Sharon Salzberg, O Magazine, The Power of Intention, January 2004
It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you.: Lillian Hellman (1905 - 1984)
Acts of sacrifice and decency without regard to what's in it for you create ripple effects. Ones that lift up families and communities, that spread opportunity and boost our economy.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), Arizona State Commencement Speech, 2009
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The palest ink is better than the best memory.: Chinese Proverb
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Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.: Soren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855)
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You have to want weight-loss success so badly that no mountain, river, or ocean could keep you from reaching your goals. If you have that drive, passion, and commitment, there is no way you won’t get there.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.: Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
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