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Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), 'Journals,' 1836
I guess that's how death works. It doesn't matter if we're ready or not. It just happens.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive, 11-29-2006
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Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time... The wait is simply too long.: Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
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Remember that what you believe will depend very much on what you are.: Noah Porter (1811 - 1892)
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Regret for wasted time is more wasted time.: Mason Cooley, O Magazine, April 2004
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A good friend of my son's is a son to me.: Lois McMaster Bujold, Ethan of Athos, 1986
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Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them.: Franklin P. Adams (1881 - 1960)
Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you're a thousand miles from the corn field.: Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969), September 11, 1956
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.: Flannery O'Connor (1925 - 1964)
We can be sure that the greatest hope for maintaining equilibrium in the face of any situation rests within ourselves.: Francis J. Braceland, O Magazine, April 2003
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Your equipment DOES NOT affect the quality of your image. The less time and effort you spend worrying about your equipment the more time and effort you can spend creating great images. The right equipment just makes it easier, faster or more convenient for you to get the results you need.: Ken Rockwell, Your Camera Does Not Matter, 2005
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We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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Oh, darling, let your body in, let it tie you in, in comfort.: Anne Sexton (1928 - 1974)
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What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.: John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
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There is only one admirable form of the imagination: the imagination that is so intense that it creates a new reality, that it makes things happen.: Sean O'Faolain (1900 - 1991)
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In health the flesh is graced, the holy enters the world.: Wendell Berry
Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.: Dave Barry (1947 - )
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