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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.: Bell Hooks, O Magazine, December 2003
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The forceps of our minds are clumsy forceps, and crush the truth a little in taking hold of it.: H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946), 1903
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.: George Eliot (1819 - 1880), 'Mr. Gilfil's Love Story,' Scenes of Clerical Life, 1857
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Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Mark Twain's Notebook, 1935
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If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
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The power of hiding ourselves from one another is mercifully given, for men are wild beasts, and would devour one another but for this protection.: Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887), "Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit", 1887
Family connexions were always worth preserving, good company always worth seeking.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
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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 I was overweight and unhappy, I thought about being smaller, I thought about fitting into different clothes and feeling comfortable in any environment or social situation. But I didn't do anything about it. I was letting myself fall victim to not planning, not clarifying steps to reach my goals. Don't go on just wanting something. Start consciously planning where you want to be.: Ali Vincent, Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life, 2009
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Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.: Ovid (43 BC - 17 AD)
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Just once, I wish we would encounter an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets.: Unknown, Brigader Lethbridge-Stewart in "Dr. Who"
The price of greatness is responsibility.: Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
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In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
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Put your whole self into it, and you will find your true voice. Hold back and you won't. It's that simple.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 25. You have to find your own schtick., 08-22-04
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.: Washington Irving (1783 - 1859)
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), (attributed)
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First things first, but not necessarily in that order.: Doctor Who
Life is pain, anyone who says differently is selling something.: William Goldman, The Princess Bride
I don't want to sound Pollyannaish, but I hope that out of a tragedy like this something good will come. I hope we understand we're one family.: Madeleine Albright (1937 - ), Making Sense of the Unimaginable, O Magazine
Art suffers the moment other people start paying for it. The more you need the money, the more people will tell you what to do. The less control you will have. The more bullshit you will have to swallow. The less joy it will bring. Know this and plan accordingly.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 15, 08-22-04