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Anything you fully do is an alone journey.: Natalie Goldberg
Never give advice unless asked.: German Proverb
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Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), Essays, First Series: Prudence, 1841
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Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
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Truth is the only safe ground to stand upon.: Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815 - 1902)
Ah, sweet alcohol. Like a true friend, you replace the anger with better, louder anger.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive, 08-23-11
The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good.: Ruth Benedict (1887 - 1948)
A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world.: John Locke (1632 - 1704)
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The number of guests at dinner should not be less than the number of the Graces nor exceed that of the Muses, i.e., it should begin with three and stop at nine.: Marcus Terentius Varro (116 BC - 27 BC)
Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.: Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815 - 1902)
Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil.: Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754)
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A committee can make a decision that is dumber than any of its members.: David Coblitz
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I don't confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow is…the higher achievement.: Lois McMaster Bujold, "Mirror Dance", 1994
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A satirist is a man who discovers unpleasant things about himself and then says them about other people.: Peter McArthur
You go to movies to see people you love suffer - that's why you go to the movies. You don't go to see a movie about a guy who already knows he has a wonderful life.: Joss Whedon, Entertainment Weekly, 08-30-13
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He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.: Chinese Proverb
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The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.: Elizabeth Taylor (1932 - )
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Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.: David Rockefeller (1915 - )
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The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back.: Abigail van Buren (1918 - )
Before we get too depressed about the state of our politics, let's remember our history. The great debates of the past, all stirred great passions. They all made somebody angry, and at least once led to a terrible war. What is amazing, is that despite all the conflict, our experiment in democracy has worked better than any form of government on earth.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), University of Michigan Commencement, 2010
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