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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)
- A true man never frets about his place in the world, but just slides into it by the gravitation of his nature, and swings there as easily as a star.
- Edward Chapin
- Think enthusiastically about everything; but especially about your job. If you do, you'll put a touch of glory in your life. If you love your job with enthusiasm, you'll shake it to pieces. You'll love it into greatness.
- Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
- The past with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, it punishments, is there for each of us forever, and it should be.
- Lillian Hellman (1905 - 1984)
- If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
- 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
- Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn whatever state I am in, therin to be content.
- Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)
- The idea of a mass audience was really an invention of the Industrial Revolution.
- David Cronenberg, Rocketboom, 07-19-06
- See things as they are and write about them. Don’t waste your creative energy trying to make things up. Even if you are writing fiction, write the things you see and know.
- Gordon Atkinson, Real Live Preacher weblog, 07-25-06
- People don't believe what you tell them.
They rarely believe what you show them. They often believe what their friends tell them. They always believe what they tell themselves. - Seth Godin, Seth Godin's Blog, 07-29-06
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