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We turn not older with years, but newer every day.: Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it - namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to obtain.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", Chapter 2
Why shouldn't things be largely absurd, futile, and transitory? They are so, and we are so, and they and we go very well together.: George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
If you have any doubts that we live in a society controlled by men, try reading down the index of contributors to a volume of quotations, looking for women's names.: Elaine Gill
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Years ago my mother said to me, 'In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.' For years I was smart. I recommend pleasant.: Mary Chase (1887 - 1973), Elwood P. Dowd (Jimmy Stewart) in "Harvey", 1950
Judge thyself with the judgment of sincerity, and thou will judge others with the judgment of charity.: John Mitchell Mason
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The only way to have a friend is to be one.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
Genuine goodness is threatening to those at the opposite end of the moral spectrum.: Charles Spencer
Art is science made clear.: Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)
Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.: Christopher Lasch
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Don't you wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There's one marked 'Brightness,' but it doesn't work.: Gallagher
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The best time to plant an oak tree was twenty-five years ago. The second best time is today.: James Carville
The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence.: Joan Baez (1941 - )
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Forgiveness is the healing of wounds caused by another. You choose to let go of a past wrong and no longer be hurt by it. Forgiveness is a strong move to make, like turning your shoulders sideways to walk quickly on a crowded sidewalk. It's your move.: Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, July 7, 2003
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A dog is the greatest gift a parent can give a child. OK, a good education, then a dog.: John Grogan, An Interview with John Grogan, 2008
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Ours is the age that is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to.: H. Mumford Jones (1892 - 1980)
The prospect of a long day at the beach makes me panic. There is no harder work I can think of than taking myself off to somewhere pleasant, where I am forced to stay for hours and 'have fun'.: Phillip Lopate
Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.: Diana Spencer
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Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything.: George Lois
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Everything we do really is just a little marker on the long road to death. And sometimes that's overwhelmingly depressing to me, and sometimes it makes me feel kinship and forgiveness. We've all got the same ending to the story. The way we make that story more elaborate, I got to respect.: Joss Whedon, Entertainment Weekly, 08-30-13
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