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Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.: Elsa Maxwell, September 28, 1958
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If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.: Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.: Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)
The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged; it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed.: Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD), Letters to Lucilius, 100 A.D.
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Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.: Lillian Hellman (1905 - 1984), letter to Committee on Un-American Activities of the House of Representatives, May 19, 1952
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God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.: Jacques Deval, Afin de vivre bel et bien
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It may make your blood boil and your mind may not be changed, but the practice of listening to opposing views is essential for effective citizenship. It is essential for our democracy.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), University of Michigan Commencement, 2010
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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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Knowing that there is worse pain doesn't make present pain hurt any less.: Gordon Atkinson, Real Live Preacher weblog, 03-22-05
If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.: Bill Lyon
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You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.: Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
Sure I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself some day.: Lillian Carter, in her 80s
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.: Arthur Ashe
I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
The old ways are dead. And you need people around you who concur. That means hanging out more with the creative people, the freaks, the real visionaries, than you're already doing. Thinking more about what their needs are, and responding accordingly. Avoid the dullards; avoid the folk who play it safe. They can't help you any more. Their stability model no longer offers that much stability. They are extinct, they are extinction.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 16. The world is changing. , 08-22-04
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.: Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)
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Fear plays an interesting role in our lives. How dare we let it motivate us? How dare we let it into our decision making; into our livelihoods; into our relationships? It's funny isn't it? We take a day a year to dress up, in costume and celebrate fear.: Greg Daniels, Carrie Kemper, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, The Office, Spooked, October 2011
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.: Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
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I was thinking about the universe wanting to be noticed, and how I had to notice it as best I could. I felt that I owed a debt to the universe that only my attention could repay, and also that I owed a debt to everybody who didn’t get to be a person anymore and everyone who hadn’t gotten to be a person yet.: John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, 2012
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