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I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.: Hunter S. Thompson (1939 - 2005)
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.: G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
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Anybody who has doubts about the ingenuity or the resourcefulness of a plumber never got a bill from one.: George Meany
Our great weariness comes from work not done.: Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983), The New York Times Magazine, April 25, 1971
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The best cure for worry, depression, melancholy, brooding, is to go deliberately forth and try to lift with one's sympathy the gloom of somebody else.: Arnold Bennett
It is pleasant to have been to a place the way a river went.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
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Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion... or you shall learn nothing.: Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)
Avoidance is a great tool to get away from food in my face all day long.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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Be open to your dreams, people. Embrace that distant shore. Because our mortal journey is over all too soon.: David Assael, Northern Exposure, It Happened in Juneau, 1992
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I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.: Fritz Perls
A person's abilities are tested best when defending rather than attacking.: Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art.: Charles McCabe, San Francisco Chronicle
The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.: George Eliot (1819 - 1880)
Don’t let the fear of not pleasing someone stop you from being creative.: Wil Wheaton, WIL WHATON dot NET, 12-07-13
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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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I don't care what it is, when it has an LCD screen, it makes it better.: Kevin Rose, Diggnation, Our Lip Dub Is Better Than Yours, 2008
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Nature abhors a vacuum, but not as much as cats do.: Lee Entrekin
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[Memory is] a man's real possession...In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.: Alexander Smith (1830 - 1867)
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When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.: Krishnamurti, Beginnings of Learning
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If grass can grow through cement, love can find you at every time in your life.: Cher (1946 - )