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To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.: Marquis de Vauvenargues
Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion... or you shall learn nothing.: Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)
I could not conceive that [fans] actually wanted me to sign something. It took a long time for me to figure out (a) just say 'Thank you' and sign the thing, and (b) smile in the picture, because if you try to just half-smile you're going to look constipated.: Joss Whedon, Entertainment Weekly, 08-30-13
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This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it.: William Goldman, The Princess Bride
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Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.: Leo Tolstoy (1828 - 1910)
Children should feel loved because they exist, not because they’ve behaved in a certain way.: Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011
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With the gift of listening comes the gift of healing.: Catherine de Hueck
California is a fine place to live--if you happen to be an orange.: Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)
The best way to teach your kids about taxes is by eating 30% of their ice cream.: Bill Murray (1950 - )
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I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart.: Alice Walker (1944 - )
They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.: Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
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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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Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret.: Diane Ackerman
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.: Saint Theresa of Jesus
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God creates men, but they choose each other.: Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 - 1527), quoted in O Magazine, November 2003
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Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.: Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974)
No problem is too small or too trivial if we can really do something about it.: Richard Feynman (1918 - 1988), Letter to Koichi Mano
If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.: Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)
When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.: Henry J. Kaiser (1882 - 1967)
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Success isn't permanent, and failure isn't fatal.: Mike Ditka (1939 - )
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