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We live in a Newtonian world of Einsteinian physics ruled by Frankenstein logic.: David Russell
In general we are least aware of what our minds do best.: Marvin Minsky, The Society of Mind
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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Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.: Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931), Harper's Monthly, 1932
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That is one consolation when you are poor—there are so many more things you can imagine about.: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.: Sam Brown, Washington Post, 1977
You don’t have to specialize - do everything that you love and then, at some time, the future will come together for you in some form.: Francis Ford Coppola (1939 - )
To say the least, a town life makes one more tolerant and liberal in one's judgement of others.: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), Hyperion, 1839
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.: Sallust (86 BC - 34 BC), 'Jugurthine War,' 41 B.C.
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Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused.: King Charles I, of England
To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.: Chinese Proverb
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Virtue is choked with foul ambition.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Henry VI, Part II, Act III, sc. 1
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You don't need fancy highbrow traditions or money to really learn. You just need people with the desire to better themselves.: Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, Accepted, 2006
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A house that does not have one worn, comfy chair in it is soulless.: May Sarton
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The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.: Paula Poundstone
Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.: Saskya Pandita
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If only corporal punishment cured low self-esteem.: Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content, She's A Bit of A Pout, author's note, 08-31-11
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires, seek discipline and find your liberty.: Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986), Dune
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
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A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them.: Leonard Louis Levinson