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When I was in college, I remember fearing that the dreary grind of adulthood would feature infinitely more existential dread than frat parties had, but the opposite has been true for me. I'm much less likely to feel that gnawing fear of aimlessness and nihilism than I used to be and that's partly because education gave me job opportunities, but it's mostly because education gave me perspective and context.: John Green, Vlogbrothers, Is College Worth It?, 08-21-12
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My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right?: Charles M. Schulz (1922 - 2000)
Fasting and natural diet, though essentially unknown [in today's U.S.] as a therapy, should be the first treatment when someone discovers that she or he has a medical problem. It should not be applied only to the most advanced cases, as is present practice. Whether the patient has a cardiac condition, hypertension, autoimmune disease, fibroids, or asthma, he or she must be informed that fasting and natural, plant-based diets are a viable alternative to conventional therapy, and an effective one. The time may come when not offering this substantially more effective nutritional approach will be considered malpractice.: Joel Fuhrman, M.D., Fasting And Eating For Health
I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell-you see, I have friends in both places.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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I don't think it's good that we're perceived as different I think it's important we're perceived as MUCH BETTER. If being different is essential to doing that, then we have to do that, but if we could be much better without being different, that'd be fine with me. I want to be much better! I don't care about being different, but we'll have to be different in some ways to be much better.: Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011), Apple WWDC Closing Keynote, 1997
I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.: Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924)
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[Sleep is] the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.: Thomas Dekker (1572 - 1632)
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Perfectionism is simply putting a limit on your future. When you have an idea of perfect in your mind, you open the door to constantly comparing what you have now with what you want. That type of self criticism is significantly deterring.: John Eliot, Ph.D., Reverse Psychology for Success
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People don't believe what you tell them. They rarely believe what you show them. They often believe what their friends tell them. They always believe what they tell themselves.: Seth Godin, Seth Godin's Blog, 07-29-06
Isn't it fascinating how long a few minutes seem when you are completely alone with not a familiar face in sight?: Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky, 2006
We are always in search of the redeeming formula, the crystallizing thought.: Etty Hillesum
For visions come not to polluted eyes.: Mary Howitt
To be positive: To be mistaken at the top of one's voice.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it.: Max Frisch
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The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines - so they should go as far as possible from home to build their first buildings.: Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 - 1959), New York Times, October 4, 1953
Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.: Charles M. Schulz (1922 - 2000), Charlie Brown in "Peanuts"
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A schedule defends from chaos and whim.: Annie Dillard
Stories don’t just make us matter to each other—maybe they’re also the only way to the infinite mattering he’d been after for so long.: John Green, An Abundance of Katherines, 2008
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Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.: H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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