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It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.: Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.: Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642)
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I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.: Marlene Dietrich (1901 - 1992)
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Science arose from poetry--when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends.: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Feelings are really your GPS system for life. When your supposed to do something, or not supposed to do something, your emotional guidance system lets you know.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2008
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I learned an important lesson in the art of debate. Present your argument clearly, arm yourself with cutting wit and of course, bob and weave!: Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
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There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.: Washington Irving (1783 - 1859)
Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.: Ashley Montague
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This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.: Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)
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Part of understanding the creative urge is understanding that it's primal. Wanting to change the world is not a noble calling, it's a primal calling.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 17. Merit can be bought. Passion can't. , 08-22-04
I go to the gym religiously. About twice a year around the holidays.: Demetri Martin, On James Corden, Sept. 7, 2018
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.: Malcolm X (1925 - 1965), Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
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I've come to embrace the notion that I haven't done enough in my life. I've come to confirm that one's title, even a title like president of the United States, says very little about how well one's life has been led. No matter how much you've done or how successful you've been, there's always more to do, always more to learn, and always more to achieve.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), Arizona State Commencement Speech, 2009
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There is no good lighting that is healthy and for our well being without proper darkness.: Roger van der Heide, TED: Why light neds darkness
Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy.: Edward Chapin
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Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.: Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.: Erma Bombeck (1927 - 1996)
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Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
Better to get up late and be wide awake than to get up early and be asleep all day.: Anonymous
Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.: Jane Howard, "Families"
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