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Beware of undertaking too much at the start. Be content with quite a little. Allow for accidents. Allow for human nature, especially your own.: Arnold Bennett
Sometimes people are layered like that. There's something totally different underneath than what's on the surface. But sometimes, there's a third, even deeper level, and that one is the same as the top surface one. Like with pie.: Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jed Whedon, Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, 2008
Knowledge is the only instrument of production that is not subject to diminishing returns.: John Clarke, Economist
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Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.: Henry Ford (1863 - 1947)
When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.: Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
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Do not, for one repulse, forego the purpose that you resolved to effect.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), 'The Tempest'
She wanted something to happen - something, anything: she did not know what.: Kate Chopin
In the absences of a decent time machine, fiction remains the most sturdy vehicle for visiting other eras.: Tom Nolan, in The Wall Street Journal
On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.: George Orwell (1903 - 1950)
The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any.: Russell Baker (1925 - )
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The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.: Abbie Hoffman (1936 - 1989)
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Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.: Sharon Salzberg
The good psychic would pick up the phone before it rang. Of course it is possible there was noone on the other line. Once she said "God Bless you" I said, "I didn't sneeze" She looked deep into my eyes and said, "You will, eventually." And damn it if she wasn't right. Two days later I sneezed.: Ellen DeGeneres, My Point and I Do Have One
It is not advisable, James, to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener.: Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982), Atlas Shrugged, 1957
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I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves.: Bruce Grocott (1940 - )
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do.: Dale Carnegie
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The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.: Josh Billings (1818 - 1885)
Never give advice unless asked.: German Proverb
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I am convinced that life in a physical body is meant to be an ecstatic experience.: Shakti Gawain
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The leaders we revere and the businesses that last are generally not the result of a narrow pursuit of popularity or personal advancement, but of devotion to some bigger purpose. That's the hallmark of real success. The other trapping of success might be the by product of this larger mission, but it can't be the central thing.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), Arizona State Commencement Speech, 2009
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