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College isn't the place to go for ideas.: Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)
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Hold a book in your hand and you're a pilgrim at the gates of a new city.: Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces
My wish is to ride the tempest, tame the waves, kill the sharks. I will not resign myself...: Trieu Thi Trinh
To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.: Jack Handey (1949 - )
The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds.: Tryon Edwards (1809 - 1894)
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When weight loss becomes a goal in your life, eating right and exercising are just two pieces of the puzzle. Figuring out why you've put on the extra weight is the hardest part.: Ali Vincent, Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life, 2009
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Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.: Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951)
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Follow the grain in your own wood.: Howard Thurman
It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it.: Steven Wright (1955 - )
Don't reserve your best behavior for special occasions. You can't have two sets of manners, two social codes - one for those you admire and want to impress, another for those whom you consider unimportant. You must be the same to all people.: Lillian Eichler Watson
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Do not, for one repulse, forego the purpose that you resolved to effect.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), 'The Tempest'
I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top.: An English Professor, Ohio University
If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love's reach.: Margaret Cho, weblog, 03-09-04
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We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it.: Dave Barry (1947 - )
Computer dating is fine, if you’re a computer.: Rita Mae Brown
Furious activity is no substitute for understanding.: H. H. Williams
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Our creations MUST be shared to be art, and the easiest way to share our art is to sell it.: Laura Moncur (1969 - ), Merriton: 35 Minutes from Home, 03-07-12
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Cocaine is God's way of saying that you're making too much money.: Robin Williams (1951 - )
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money. It lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), Speeches... in the Trial of Warren Hastings, May 5, 1789
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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.: Indira Gandhi (1917 - 1984), quoted by Christian Science Monitor, May 17, 1982