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There is no stigma attached to recognizing a bad decision in time to install a better one.: Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
Don't need to say please to no man for a happy tune.: Neil Diamond (1941 - ), Cracklin' Rose
The only way to last a really long time is to build something useful enough that people will want to keep it going after you die, and to cultivate a sense of ownership in other people. In short: make good shit and give it away as fast as you can.: Lisa Williams, The Lessons of Nixon, 05-19-06
Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.: Harold Bloom (1930 - ), O Magazine, April 2003
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Even on the highest throne in the world, we are still sitting on our ass.: Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592), 'De l'experience,' 1580-88
We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century. During the period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations. We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries, but necessities - not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself.: Jimmy Carter (1924 - ), in his farewell address
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Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life.: Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), The Mother, 1932
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Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.: Miriam Beard
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He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.: John Mason Brown (1900 - 1969), drama critic
Let your light shine. Shine within you so that it can shine on someone else. Let your light shine.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, January 2004
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Frankly, I’m suspicious of anyone who has a strong opinion on a complicated issue.: Scott Adams (1957 - ), The Dilbert Blog
You can't deny laughter. When it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.: Stephen King (1947 - )
We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. We have the power to imagine better.: J. K. Rowling, Harvard Commencement Address, 2008
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The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.: Corra Harris
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The deeper sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain.: Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)
Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.: Emile Coue (1857 - 1926)
All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.: Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
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An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.: Simon Cameron (1799 - 1889)
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The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy.: Steven Weinberg (1933 - )
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The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others.: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
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