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Maybe this world is another planet's hell.: Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963)
Would those of you in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.: John Lennon (1940 - 1980)
There is no silver bullet and frankly you probably don’t need one. It is far more important to be able to find the right kind of gun, be able to load the gun … and perhaps most importantly, be able to figure out where the werewolf is.: Matthew Oliphant, Useability Works, 03-22-2006
Never let the fear of failure be an excuse for not trying. Society tells us that to fail is the most terrible thing in the world, but I know it isn't. Failure is part of what makes us human.: Amber Deckers, Ella Mental and the Good Sense Guide
If you don't find it in the index, look very carefully through the entire catalogue.: Unknown, Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Consumer's Guide, 1897
A good relationship is like fireworks: loud, explosive, and liable to maim you if you hold on too long.: Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content, 11-14-08
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In Mexico we have a word for sushi: Bait.: Jose Simon
See what will happen if you don't stop biting your fingernails?: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), to his niece on seeing the Venus de Milo
One picture is worth a thousand words.: Fred R. Barnard
Literature is news that stays news.: Ezra Pound (1885 - 1972), ABC of Reading (1934) chapter 8
In a progressive country change is constant; ...change... is inevitable.: Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
You will not find your passion in things and you will not find your passion in money. The more things and the more money you have, the more you will look around and use that as the metric and there will be someone with more.: Randy Pausch, Carnegie Mellon Commencement Speech, 2008
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It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not to deserve them.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
One is tempted to define man as a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Critic as Artist, part 2, 1891
Life is not so important as the duties of life.: John Randolph (1773 - 1833)
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Neither enemy faces, nor the mothers that love them, come to mind when one is thinking of nothing but endeavouring to survive. Philosophising about war is useless under fire.: Linda Berdoll, Mr. Darcy Takes A Wife, 2004
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Each person has an ideal, a hope, a dream which represents the soul. We must give to it the warmth of love, the light of understanding and the essence of encouragement.: Colby Dorr Dam
I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine
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Cheese - milk's leap toward immortality.: Clifton Fadiman (1904 - 1999)
You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.: Henri-Frédéric Amiel
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