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The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin.: Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.: Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), (attributed)
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Listen. Do not have an opinion while you listen because frankly, your opinion doesn't hold much water outside of Your Universe. Just listen. Listen until their brain has been twisted like a dripping towel and what they have to say is all over the floor.: Hugh Elliott, Standing Room Only weblog, 02-14-2003
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Joy is prayer - Joy is strength - Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.: Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997)
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The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
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Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.: Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963), Vedanta for the Western World, 1945
Children should feel loved because they exist, not because they’ve behaved in a certain way.: Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011
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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.: Erica Jong
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Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.: Cyril Connolly (1903 - 1974)
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Life ain't like books. Books got somebody writin' 'em and tryin' to entertain ya. Life is more like a set of Legos. Unless you take care of 'em, you lose a few pieces and you end up steppin' on 'em with bare feet. You gotta take care of your life.: Laura Moncur (1969 - ), Merriton: 35 Minutes Away From Home, 02-29-12
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Somebody once asked me if I have anything like faith, and I said I have faith in the narrative. I have a belief in a narrative that is bigger than me, that is alive and I trust will work itself out.: Joss Whedon, Entertainment Weekly, 08-30-13
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I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.: William H. Mauldin (1921 - 2003)
Don't waste too much time trying' to be a better man, ' cause you ain't never gonna be one without a good woman.: Mark Roberts, Mike & Molly, Peggy's New Beau, May 16, 2011
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Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism; the way you play it is free will.: Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964)
When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?': Don Marquis (1878 - 1937)
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Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience and rebellion that progress has been made.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Soul of Man Under Socialism
I have nothing to say, and I am saying it, and that is poetry.: John Cage (1912 - 1992)
[Spring is] a true reconstructionist.: Henry Timrod
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It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)