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Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.: Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773)
Like its politicians and its wars, society has the teenagers it deserves.: J. B. Priestley (1894 - 1984)
I used to dread getting older because I thought I would not be able to do all the things I wanted to do, but now that I am older I find that I don't want to do them.: Nancy Astor (1879 - 1964), interview, 1959
Love thy neighbour as yourself, but choose your neighbourhood.: Louise Beal
My bounce-around life had taught me that dreams were dangerous things - they look solid in your mind, but you just try to reach for them. It's like gathering clouds.: Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky, 2006
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If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time.: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)
I'm a fan of laundry: the smell of fabric softener, the warm clothes in your hands. It's so good.: Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jed Whedon, Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, 2008
It can be a real struggle to accept that sometimes appearance can be more important than talent or intelligence.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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We can't expect to solve problems if all we do is tear each other down. You can disagree with a certain policy without demonizing the person who espouses it.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), University of Michigan Commencement, 2010
Gratitude is our most direct line to God and the angels. If we take the time, no matter how crazy and troubled we feel, we can find something to be thankful for.: Terry Lynn Taylor
You can cover a great deal of country in books.: Andrew Lang (1844 - 1912)
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Be more prompt to go to a friend in adversity than in prosperity.: Chilo
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The reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn't there the second time.: Willie Tyler
One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.: Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)
Nothing is more characteristic of a man than the mann in which he behaves toward fools.: Henri-Frédéric Amiel
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.: Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC)
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.: Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), 'Poor Richard's Almanack,' June 1746
I'm not afraid of facts, I welcome facts but a congeries of facts is not equivalent to an idea. This is the essential fallacy of the so-called "scientific" mind. People who mistake facts for ideas are incomplete thinkers; they are gossips.: Cynthia Ozick
Any sufficiently advanced bureaucracy is indistinguishable from molasses.: Unknown
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Wish not so much to live long as to live well.: Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), Poor Richard's Almanack, 1738