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When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web.... Now even my cat has its own page.: Bill Clinton (1946 - ), announcement of Next Generation Internet initiative, 1996
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Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.: George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood.: Fred Thompson, Speech before the Commonwealth Club of California
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What's the difference between a boyfriend and a husband? About 30 pounds.: Cindy Gardner
It does not seem to be true that work necessarily needs to be unpleasant. It may always have to be hard, or at least harder than doing nothing at all. But there is ample evidence that work can be enjoyable, and that indeed, it is often the most enjoyable part of life.: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, 1990
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Your pasion must come from the things that fuel you from the inside. Honors and awards are nice things, but only to the extent that they regard the real respect from your peers.: Randy Pausch, Carnegie Mellon Commencement Speech, 2008
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I don't want to talk as much. It's nicer to think dear, pretty thoughts and keep them in one's heart, like treasures. I don't like to have them laughed at or wondered over.: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), (attributed)
We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know them because we hate them.: Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)
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Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.: Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
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The killing was the best part. It was the dying I couldn't take.: Craig Volk, Northern Exposure, A-Hunting We Will Go, 1991
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You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.: Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by A. A. Milne
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Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellowmen. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone.: Carlos Castaneda
If you cannot convince them, confuse them.: Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972)
You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.: John D. Rockefeller (1839 - 1937)
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)
You must not think me necessarily foolish because I am facetious, nor will I consider you necessarily wise because you are grave.: Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845)
Publishers are just middlemen. That's all. If artists could remember that more often, they'd save themselves a lot of aggrevation.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 4, 08-22-04