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I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.: Rodin (1840 - 1917)
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Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep.: Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
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Oh, I don't blame Congress. If I had $600 billion at my disposal, I'd be irresponsible, too.: Lichty and Wagner
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Humor is also a way of saying something serious.: T. S. Eliot (1888 - 1965)
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The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.: Plutarch (46 AD - 120 AD)
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I learned an important lesson in the art of debate. Present your argument clearly, arm yourself with cutting wit and of course, bob and weave!: Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
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Energy is eternal delight.: William Blake (1757 - 1827)
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I love stuff as much as the next guy, but I’ve come to understand that, regardless of the cost of acquiring it, the price of having it is freedom.: Colleen Wainwright, Communicatrix, 06-23-09
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Silent gratitude isn't very much use to anyone.: Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946)
Before you do anything, think. If you do something to try and impress someone, to be loved, accepted or even to get someone's attention, stop and think. So many people are busy trying to create an image, they die in the process.: Salma Hayek
Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.: Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954)
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To use fear as the friend it is, we must retrain and reprogram ourselves...We must persistently and convincingly tell ourselves that the fear is here--with its gift of energy and heightened awareness--so we can do our best and learn the most in the new situation.: Peter McWilliams, Life 101
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The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.: Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.: Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
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No wise man ever wished to be younger.: Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)
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Each decision we make, each action we take, is born out of an intention.: Sharon Salzberg, O Magazine, The Power of Intention, January 2004
Our patience will achieve more than our force.: Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
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Man has to suffer. When he has no real afflictions, he invents some.: Jose Marti
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