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Oh, I don't blame Congress. If I had $600 billion at my disposal, I'd be irresponsible, too.
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Lichty and Wagner
Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.
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Jane Goodall (1934 - )
Flying may not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.
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Amelia Earhart (1897 - 1937)
It is always the best policy to speak the truth--unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
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Jerome K. Jerome (1859 - 1927)
There are always survivors at a massacre. Among the victors, if nowhere else.
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Lois McMaster Bujold, Ethan of Athos, 1986
But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.
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Albert Camus (1913 - 1960), Happy Death
Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.
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Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Demosthenes (384 BC - 322 BC)
They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm.
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Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967), 'Fair Weather,' Sunset Gun, 1928
What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn't come every day.
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George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Pygmalion, Act 2
Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so.
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Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773)
No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it.
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John Adams (1735 - 1826)
God doesn't require us to succeed; he only requires that you try.
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Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997)
Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.
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Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)
Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.
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Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
Delusions of grandeur make me feel a lot better about myself.
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Jane Wagner
Everything you do in life, every choice you make, has a consequence. When you do things without thinkin', then you ain't makin' the choice. The choice is makin' you.
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Mark Steven Johnson, Ghostrider, 2007
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
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George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
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Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.
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Marie Curie (1867 - 1934)
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MM's Cynical Quotes LM's Motivational Quotes Classic Quotes
Cole's Quotables Rand Lindsly's Quotes Poor Man's College
alt.quotations Archives 20th Century Quotations Quotations by Women
The Devil's Dictionary Contributed Quotations

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