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True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.: Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937)
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.: Sidney J. Harris
Once you can laugh at your own weaknesses, you can move forward. Comedy breaks down walls. It opens up people. If you're good, you can fill up those openings with something positive. Maybe... combat some of the ugliness in the world.: Goldie Hawn (1945 - )
Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.: Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
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Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.: G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
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In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), Letters and Social Aims: Quotation and Originality, 1876
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Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.: Philip K. Dick (1928 - 1982), "How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later", 1978
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You do what you have to do to give people closure; it makes them feel better and it doesn't cost you much to do it. I'd rather apologize for something I didn't really care about and leave someone on Earth wishing me well.: John Scalzi, Old Man's War, 2005
Only the shallow know themselves.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young, 1882
The size of your audience doesn't matter. What's important is that your audience is listening.: Randy Pausch, Carnegie Mellon Commencement Speech, 2008
The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it.: Warren Buffett (1930 - )
I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters.: Solomon Short
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When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), quoted Kansas City Star, June 5, 1977
The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.: Evenius
Inanimate objects are classified scientifically into three major categories - those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost.: Russell Baker (1925 - )
Art suffers the moment other people start paying for it. The more you need the money, the more people will tell you what to do. The less control you will have. The more bullshit you will have to swallow. The less joy it will bring. Know this and plan accordingly.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 15, 08-22-04
If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; If you would know, and not be known, live in a city.: Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.: Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
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Give not over thy soul to sorrow; and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel. Gladness of heart is the life of man and the joyfulness of man is length of days.: Ecclesiastes
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Fear sometimes stops you from doing stupid things. But it can also stop you from doing creative or exciting or experimental things. It can cloud your judgment of others, and lead to all kinds of evil. The control and understanding of our personal fears is one of the most important undertakings in our life.: Helen Mirren
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