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After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.: Evelyn Underhill
It's not having what you want It's wanting what you've got.: Sheryl Crow, Soak Up The Sun
Crime does not pay ... as well as politics.: Alfred E. Newman
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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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Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Importance of Being Earnest, Act 3
I have always felt that the moment when first you wake up in the morning is the most wonderful of the twenty-four hours.: Monica Baldwin
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I took a speed reading course and read 'War and Peace' in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.: Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.: Thich Nhat Hanh
There is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.: Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
What's done cannot be undone.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Macbeth, Act V, sc. 1
He had occasional flashes of silence, that made his conversation perfectly delightful.: Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845), referring to Macaulay
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Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack.: Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)
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I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be carefully considered that comfort and utility may go hand in hand with beauty.: Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 - 1959), 1908
Everything you can imagine is real.: Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
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Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.: Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961)
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Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.: Lee Simonson
All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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Interestingly, from an identity standpoint, what does it mean to have a disability? Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do and nobody calls her disabled.: Aimee Mullins, Ted Conference, How My Legs Give Me Super-Powers, February 2009