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The passions are the seeds of vices as well as of virtues, from which either may spring, accordingly as they are nurtured. Unhappy they who have never been taught the art to govern them!: Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
And I loved the whole idea behind the story, which is that you're beautiful, so don't let other people tell you that you're not just because you don't look like the people in magazines. Or because you're not that weird ideal body image that's out there right now.: Mike Myers, Talking about Shrek
Depend not on another, but lean instead on thyself...True happiness is born of self-reliance.: The laws of Manu
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I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine
One is tempted to define man as a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Critic as Artist, part 2, 1891
There ain't no free lunches in this country. And don't go spending your whole life commiserating that you got raw deals. You've got to say, 'I think that if I keep working at this and want it bad enough I can have it.': Lee Iacocca (1924 - )
I'd heard it all the time, 'Live in the moment.' But if I did that, I'd weigh more than a dump truck. Losing weight wasn't about the moment at all; it was about having faith in the future. It was about knowing there would be another meal in a few hours.: Stephanie Klein, Moose, 2008
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When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.: Pierre Corneille (1606 - 1684)
I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're going and hook up with them later.: Mitch Hedberg (1968 - 2005), Mitch All Together
If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Painted Veil, 1925
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You always pass failure on the way to success.: Mickey Rooney (1920 - )
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There is no use in loving things if you have to be torn from them, is there? And it's so hard to keep from loving things, isn't it?: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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Life is a sexually transmitted disease.: R. D. Laing
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Indecision may or may not be my problem.: Jimmy Buffett
Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.: Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)
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Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.: Frank Moore Colby
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There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.: Marie Curie (1867 - 1934)
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Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.: Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011)
Conscience is what makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does.: Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
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I think people that have a brother or sister don't realize how lucky they are. Sure, they fight a lot, but to know that there's always somebody there, somebody that's family.: Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, Cat Orgy, 1999
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