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People who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven't got the qualifications to detain them at the bottom.: Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)
Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.: Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755 - 1826), The Physiology of Taste, 1825
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Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.: Ralph Charell
One day the factory sports coach, who was very strict, pointed at four boys, including me, and ordered us to run in a race. I protested that I was weak and not fit to run, but the coach sent me for a physical examination and the doctor said that I was perfectly well. So I had to run, and when I got started I felt I wanted to win. But I only came in second. That was the way it started.: Emil Zatopek
He who laughs, lasts!: Mary Pettibone Poole
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Household tasks are easier and quicker when they are done by somebody else.: James Thorpe (1888 - 1953)
If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.: Dean Martin
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I would visualize things coming to me. It would just make me feel better. Visualization works if you work hard. That's the thing. You can't just visualize and go eat a sandwich.: Jim Carrey, Oprah Winfrey Show, 1997
Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.: Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)
He who wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.: Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine
It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right - especially when one is right.: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it.: Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.: Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
Each failure to sell will increase your chances for success at your next attempt.: Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
Life is something that everyone should try at least once.: Henry J. Tillman
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I want to find a voracious, small-minded predator and name it after the IRS.: Robert Bakker, paleontologist
I will not allow yesterday's success to lull me into today's complacency, for this is the great foundation of failure.: Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)