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Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.: Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 - 1959), quoted in his obituary, April 9, 1959
A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.: Jerry Seinfeld (1954 - )
Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long.: Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971)
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The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.: Rita Mae Brown
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Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.: Spanish Proverb
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I hate women because they always know where things are.: James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
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The secret of all power is - save your force. If you want high pressure you must choke off waste.: Joseph Farrell
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All the world's a cage.: Jeanne Phillips
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The meek shall inherit the earth? Well... I don't think so. If by meek you mean friendly and introverted, okay maybe, but if by meek you mean unwilling to take a chance, then never. If I was a betting man and I had to wager on who I thought would inherit the earth, my money would be on the curious.: Jim Coudal, Keynote Speech, SXSW 2006
The most important work you and I will ever do will be within the walls of our own homes.: Harold B. Lee (1899 - 1973)
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.: Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
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The most profound statements are often said in silence.: Lynn Johnston (1947 - ), For Better or For Worse, 01-15-04
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When you strike at a king, you must kill him.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
You couldn't be that good and not know it, somewhere in your secret heart, however much you'd been abused into affecting public humility.: Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign, 1999
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The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
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First you're an unknown, then you write one book and you move up to obscurity.: Martin Myers
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Like I always say, there's no 'I' in "team". There is a 'me', though, if you jumble it up.: David Shore, House M.D., DNR, 2004
I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There's a vanity to candor that isn't really worth it. Be kind.: Richard Greenberg, NY Times Magazine, 03-26-2006
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