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- Whatever you do, do it to the purpose; do it thoroughly, not superficially. Go to the bottom of things. Any thing half done, or half known, is in my mind, neither done nor known at all. Nay, worse, for it often misleads.
- Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773)
- When I'm not doing something that comes deeply from me, I get bored. When I get bored I get distracted and when I get distracted, I become depressed. It's a natural resistance, and it insures your integrity.
- Maria Irene Fornes
- Real strength is not just a condition of one's muscle, but a tenderness in one's spirit.
- McCallister Dodds
- It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.
- Joseph de Maistre
- The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good.
- Ruth Benedict (1887 - 1948)
- Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.
- Minna Thomas Antrim
- Facing a mirror you see merely your own countenance; facing your child you finally understand how everyone else has seen you.
- Daniel Raeburn, The New Yorker, 05-01-2006
- It doesn't matter if people are interested. It's about you taking your stuff and shouting out into the void.
- Jadelr and Cristina Cordova, Chasing Windmills, 07-11-2006
- The thing that I'm always left with is this overwhelming desire for people to be rooted and the only way that they feel rooted is through another person.
- John Allen, A network called 'Internet', CBC, 10-08-93
- Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn whatever state I am in, therin to be content.
- Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)
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