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Reading is no substitute for action.: Colleen Wainwright, Communicatrix, 07-26-08
I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.: e e cummings (1894 - 1962)
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.: Madeleine L'Engle (1918 - ), "Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art", 1980
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Give all to love; obey thy heart.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you.: Peter De Vries
Antonym, n.: The opposite of the word you're trying to think of.: Unknown
It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy.: Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
I've always found paranoia to be a perfectly defensible position.: Pat Conroy (1945 - )
I'm too shy to express my sexual needs except over the phone to people I don't know.: Garry Shandling (1949 - )
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Hope doesn't come from calculating whether the good news is winning out over the bad. It's simply a choice to take action.: Anna Lappe, O Magazine, June 2003
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Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness.: Cullen Hightower
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There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), "Man and Superman" (1903), act 4
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If the universe is bigger and stranger than I can imagine, it's best to meet it with an empty bladder.: John Scalzi, Old Man's War, 2005
Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It's much sexier than any body part.: Aimee Mullins, Oprah Magazine, May 2004
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The highest reward for man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.: John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
The worst sin - perhaps the only sin - passion can commit, is to be joyless.: Dorothy L. Sayers (1893 - 1957), Gaudy Night
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The freedom of all is essential to my freedom.: Mikhail Bakunin (1814 - 1876)
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
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If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done.: Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)
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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.: John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848)
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