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Don't accept rides from strange men, and remember that all men are strange.: Robin Morgan
- More quotations on: [Men And Women]
Whatever you think, be sure it is what you think; whatever you want, be sure that is what you want; whatever you feel, be sure that is what you feel.: T. S. Eliot (1888 - 1965)
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.: William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830)
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Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.: John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006)
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Like threads of silver seen through crystal beads Let love through good deeds show.: Edwin Arnold
- More quotations on: [Charity]
I admit it's tempting to wish for the perfect boss, or the perfect parent, or the perfect outfit, but maybe the best any of us can do is not quit. Play the hand we've been given and accessorize the outfit we've got.: Allan Heinberg, Sex and the City, A 'Vogue' Idea, 2002
Do not fall prey to the false belief that mastery and domination are synonymous with manliness.: Kent Nerburn
The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation.: George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
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Help others get ahead. You will always stand taller with someone else on your shoulders.: Bob Moawad
Worry is a misuse of imagination.: Dan Zadra
Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom at all, because the mind is never new, fresh, innocent.: Krishnamurti
Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation.: Lawana Blackwell, The Courtship of the Vicar's Daughter, 1998
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Words calculated to catch everyone may catch no one.: Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. (1900 - 1965), speech to Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Illinois, July 21, 1952
- More quotations on: [Language]
To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.: George Washington (1732 - 1799)
Television is a new medium. It's called a medium because nothing is well-done.: Fred Allen (1894 - 1956), on the radio program The Big Show, Dec. 17, 1950
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He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestow should never remember it.: Pierre Charron
Just because you are blind, and unable to see my beauty doesn't mean it does not exist.: Margaret Cho, Margaret Cho's weblog, 03-23-06
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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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In Mexico we have a word for sushi: Bait.: Jose Simon