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So divinely is the world organized that every one of us, in our place and time, is in balance with everything else.: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
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Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
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The significance of man is that he is insignificant and is aware of it.: Carl Becker
Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others.: Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
It’s helpful to imagine your relationship with him or her as a business relationship rather than a personal one. Just as you wouldn’t share that you’re feeling fat, ugly, and depressed with a client or tell her that you’ve just met the love of your life and you’ve never been happier, these thoughts and feelings should be kept to yourself and not shared with your ex. Finally, as in any good business relationship, be honest and prepared to deliver what you promise.: 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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There art two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness.: Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924)
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Stubbornness is also determination. It's simply a matter of shifting from "won't power" to "will power.": Peter McWilliams, Life 101
Some things you do because you want to. Some things you do because of the needs of others in your family.: Gordon Atkinson, Real Live Preacher weblog, 10-06-05
[Memory is] a man's real possession...In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.: Alexander Smith (1830 - 1867)
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This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.: Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)
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Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary.: Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
There are two types of people--those who come into a room and say, 'Well, here I am!' and those who come in and say, 'Ah, there you are.': Frederick L Collins
Here's a tip to avoid death by celebrity: First off, get a life. They can't touch you if you're out doing something interesting.: Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine, Ask a Ninja, Question 55, 10-03-07
They always talk who never think.: Matthew Prior (1664 - 1721)
Life is tough, and if you have the ability to laugh at it you have the ability to enjoy it.: Salma Hayek
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To my embarrassment I was born in bed with a lady.: Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933)
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The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well.: Joe Ancis
The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.: Victor Borge (1909 - 2000)
What's another word for Thesaurus?: Steven Wright (1955 - )
A mind set in its ways is wasted. Don't do it.: Eric Schmidt, University of Pennsylvania Commencement Address, 2009