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In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.: Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
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Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats.: Howard Aiken (1900 - 1973)
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The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing.: Winifred Holtby, O Magazine, September 2002
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We are bits of stellar matter that got cold by accident, bits of a star gone wrong.: Sir Arthur Eddington (1882 - 1944)
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do.: Dale Carnegie
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Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday...The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production.: Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982)
Gratitude is our most direct line to God and the angels. If we take the time, no matter how crazy and troubled we feel, we can find something to be thankful for.: Terry Lynn Taylor
You know what's interesting about Washington? It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature.: George W. Bush (1946 - ), Speech on May 17, 2002
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There are two types of people--those who come into a room and say, 'Well, here I am!' and those who come in and say, 'Ah, there you are.': Frederick L Collins
The best way is not to fight it, just go. Don't be trying all the time to fix things. What you run from only stays with you longer. When you fight something, you only make it stronger.: Chuck Palahniuk (1962 - ), Invisible Monsters, 1999
Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporanea; And love is a thing that can never go wrong; And I am Marie of Romania.: Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967), Not So Deep as a Well (1937), "Comment"
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Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.: Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815 - 1902)
When everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody.: W. S. Gilbert (1836 - 1911)
'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.: Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), (attributed)
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I never trust people's assertions, I always judge of them by their actions.: Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
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And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in everything.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), As You Like It, Act II, Scene i, Lines 15-17
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In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.: Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969)
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Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out.: Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845)
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Some people make headlines while others make history.: Philip Elmer-DeWitt, in Time Magazine
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