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You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.: Meryl Streep (1949 - ), Barnard Commencement Speech, 2010
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Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one.: A. J. Liebling (1904 - 1963)
The shortest distance between two points is under construction.: Noelie Altito
Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.: Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962)
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When you can't have what you want, it's time to start wanting what you have.: Kathleen A. Sutton
If it doesn't feel right, don't do it. That's the lesson. That lesson alone, will save you a lot of grief. Even doubt means don't.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2008
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The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no more respect than he exacts.: William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830)
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In this new, hyper competitive age, none of us, none of us can afford to be complacent.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), Arizona State Commencement Speech, 2009
The only difference between a rut and a grave... is in their dimensions.: Ellen Glasglow
Good writing takes more than just time; it wants your best moments and the best of you.: Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com weblog, 10-09-04
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Never let the fear of failure be an excuse for not trying. Society tells us that to fail is the most terrible thing in the world, but I know it isn't. Failure is part of what makes us human.: Amber Deckers, Ella Mental and the Good Sense Guide
A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing but the dim outlines of an old and worried face.: Jim Bishop, New York Journal-American, March 14, 1959
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We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform to our own or to other peoples' models, learn to be ourselves, and allow our natural channel to open.: Shakti Gawain
Laws are like sausages. It's better not to see them being made.: Otto von Bismarck (1815 - 1898)
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Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go... And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.: Gloria Naylor
What some people mistake for the high cost of living is really the cost of high living.: Doug Larson
It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.: Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
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Anything you fully do is an alone journey.: Natalie Goldberg
If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry.: African Proverb
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