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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.: Aung San Suu Kyi (1945 - )
When you're doing the work you're meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless of what you're getting paid.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2008
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It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)
The thing to remember is that that the future comes one day at a time.: Dean Acheson, Communication Bulletin for Managers & Supervisors, June 2004
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When I meet a man I ask myself, 'Is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?': Rita Rudner
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Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.: Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), Speech in New York, September 7, 1903
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To get the best out of a man go to what is best in him.: Daniel Considine
In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.: Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
The cost of a thing is the amount of what I call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys.: Sir William Preece, chief engineer of the British Post Office, 1876
Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.: Thomas Jones (1892 - 1969)
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Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.: Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC)
A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account at last.: Joseph F. Newton
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Some days you're a bug, some days you're a windshield.: Price Cobb
I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.: Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
While I am overwhelmingly proud of work that I, believe me, did not do on my own, I can assure you that awards have very little bearing on my own personal happiness, my own sense of well-being and purpose in the world.: Meryl Streep (1949 - ), Barnard Commencement Speech, 2010
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On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog.: Peter Steiner, cartoon in The New Yorker, July 5, 1993
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The government is unresponsive to the needs of the little man. Under 5'7", it is impossible to get your congressman on the phone.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.: Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)
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My wish is to ride the tempest, tame the waves, kill the sharks. I will not resign myself...: Trieu Thi Trinh