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The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.: Baltasar Gracian
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You don't need fancy highbrow traditions or money to really learn. You just need people with the desire to better themselves.: Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, Accepted, 2006
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I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.: Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976), An Autobiography, 1977
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To sway an audience, you must watch them as you speak.: C. Kent Wright
I've arrived at this outermost edge of my life by my own actions. Where I am is thoroughly unacceptable. Therefore, I must stop doing what I've been doing.: Alice Koller, An Unknown Woman, 1982
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Be very circumspect in the choice of thy company. In the society of thine equals thou shalt enjoy more pleasure; in the society of thy superiors thou shalt find more profit. To be the best in the company is the way to grow worse.: Francis Quarles (1592 - 1644)
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Hail to you gods, on that day of the great reckoning. Behold me, I have come to you, without sin, without guilt, without evil, without a witness against me, without one whom I have wronged. I am one pure of mouth, pure of hands.: The Book of the Dead, The Address to the Gods, 1700-1000 B.C.
When someone is giving you their theology, their God words, you should listen hard and be very gentle. The time to deliver your God words is when you are asked.: Gordon Atkinson, Real Live Preacher weblog, 03-25-05
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Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties.: Doug Larson
Sooner or later we all quote our mothers.: Bern Williams
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I say luck is when an opportunity comes along, and you're prepared for it.: Denzel Washington (1954 - )
If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.: John Cleese (1939 - )
I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.: Robert McCloskey, State Department spokesman (attributed)
The power of illustrative anecdotes often lies not in how well they present reality, but in how well they reflect the core beliefs of their audience.: David P. Mikkelson, Snopes.com, 04-10-04
Fish and visitors smell in three days.: Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), Poor Richard's Almanack, 1736
All important persons have about them someone in a subordinate position who has their ear. These dependents are very susceptible to slights, and, when they are not treated as they think they should be, will by well-directed shafts, constantly repeated, poison the minds of their patrons against those who have provoked their animosity. It is well to keep in with them.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Razor's Edge, 1943
Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.: Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.: George Burns (1896 - 1996)
Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It's much sexier than any body part.: Aimee Mullins, Oprah Magazine, May 2004
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Read at least one book a month. This is self-serving, obviously. It's a proven fact that people who read buy more books than people who don't read. In truth, I wish you'd read ten books a month, or at least buy that many.: Randy Pausch, Carnegie Mellon Commencement Speech, 2008
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