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People who get nostalgic about childhood were obviously never children.: Bill Watterson (1958 - ), Calvin and Hobbes
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The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself.: Rita Mae Brown, Venus Envy
My constant prayer for myself is to be used in service for the greater good.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2008
The more passions and desires one has, the more ways one has of being happy.: Charlotte-Catherine
We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others.: Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
It's so much easier to write a resume than to craft a spirit.: Anna Quindlen (1953 - ), A Short Guide to a Happy Life, 2000
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.: Walt Kelly (1913 - 1973), "Pogo" (comic strip)
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Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.: Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)
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If you would cure anger, do not feed it. Say to yourself: 'I used to be angry every day; then every other day; now only every third or fourth day.' When you reach thirty days offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the gods.: Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD)
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I love drugs, but I hate hangovers, and the hatred of the hangover wins by a landslide every time.: Margaret Cho, weblog, 10-30-03
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I'm seventeen and I'm crazy. My uncle says the two always go together. When people ask your age, he said, always say seventeen and insane.: Ray Bradbury (1920 - ), Fahrenheit 451, 1953
The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.: William Cowper (1731 - 1800)
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One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy.: Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
What's on your mind, if you will allow the overstatement?: Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)
To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.: Quentin Crisp
Each painting has its own way of evolving...When the painting is finished, the subject reaveals itself.: William Baziotes
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I might repeat to myself slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound - if I can remember any of the damn things.: Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)
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Actions lie louder than words.: Carolyn Wells
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Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.: Horace (65 BC - 8 BC)
Abraham Lincoln and Millard Fillmore had the same title. They were both presidents of the United States, but their tenure in office and their legacy could not be more different.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), Arizona State Commencement Speech, 2009
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