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- Friendship is being there when someone's feeling low and not being afraid to kick them.
- Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive, 11-04-10
- A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them.
- Leonard Louis Levinson
- I haven't slept for ten days, because that would be too long.
- Mitch Hedberg (1968 - 2005)
- Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment.
- Rita Mae Brown
- I haven't the slightest idea how to change people, but I still keep a long list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out.
- David Sedaris
- I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think interior decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.
- Anna Quindlen (1953 - )
- The best time to plant an oak tree was twenty-five years ago. The second best time is today.
- James Carville
- Nothing surely is as potent as a law that may not be disobeyed. It has the force of the water drop that hollows the stone. A small dainty task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
- Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882), We Have Met the Enemy: Self-Control in an Age of Excess, 2011
- In most pursuits, one's self is one of the biggest hurdles to get over. You can't pursue something and be committed to it if you're apologizing for it at every party.
- Lisa Kudrow, Vasser Commencement Address, 2010
- You have to surrender to the fact that you are of too many in a highly competitive field where it is difficult to stand out. Over time, through your work, you will demonstrate who you are and what you bring to the field. Just stay with it and keep working.
- Lisa Kudrow, Vasser Commencement Address, 2010
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