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- Sometimes we do a thing in order to find out the reason for it. Sometimes our actions are questions not answers.
- John Le Carre (1931 - ), Magnus Pym in "A Perfect Spy"
- You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
- Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
- The secret of happiness is to make others believe they are the cause of it.
- Al Batt, in National Enquirer
- Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week.
- Alice Walker (1944 - ), "In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens"
- What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.
- Andre Agassi (1970 - ), on "Charlie Rose"
- Don't rule out working with your hands. It does not preclude using your head.
- Andy Rooney (1919 - )
- They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
- Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987), The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
- If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.
- Anna Quindlen (1953 - )
- People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have.
- Anne Tyler (1941 - ), Celestial Navigation
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