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The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it.: Bill Nye, Interview with Wired.com, April 2005
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The longest journey is the journey inward.: Dag Hammarskjold (1905 - 1961)
The refreshing pleasure from the first view of nature, after the pain of illness, and the confinement of a sick-chamber, is above the conceptions, as well as the descriptions, of those in health.: Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
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If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches.: Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.: O. Henry (1862 - 1910)
Dressing up is inevitably a substitute for good ideas. It is no coincidence that technically inept business types are known as "suits.": Paul Graham, September 2004
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What if this weren't a hypothetical question?: Unknown
Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.: Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
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Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
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Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.: Publilius Syrus (~100 BC)
Look at what your idea of success would be. The more that you take in external motivators, the more it reduces your ultimate satisfaction because it doesn't come from inside.: Chris Messina, Cashing In or Selling Out, SXSW 2006
Be not ashamed of thy virtues; honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.: Ben Jonson (1572 - 1637)
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There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.: G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
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Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.: Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), Strength to Love, 1963
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There is... nothing greater than touching the shore after crossing some great body of water knowing that I've done it with my own two arms and legs.: Diana Nyad
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Like anyone else, there are days I feel beautiful and days I don't, and when I don't, I do something about it.: Cheryl Tiegs (1947 - ), O Magazine, May 2004
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Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.: Marva Collins
1. Never tell everything at once.: Ken Venturi, Ken Venturi's Two Great Rules of Life
Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.': Ann Landers (1918 - 2002)
In this life we get only those things for which we hunt, for which we strive, and for which we are willing to sacrifice.: George Matthew Adams