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- The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
- L. P. Hartley
- The real questions are the ones that obtrude upon your consciousness whether you like it or not, the ones that make your mind start vibrating like a jackhammer, the ones that you "come to terms with" only to discover that they are still there. The real questions refuse to be placated. They barge into your life at the times when it seems most important for them to stay away. They are the questions asked most frequently and answered most inadequately, the ones that reveal their true natures slowly, reluctantly, most often against your will.
- Ingrid Bengis
- Ability is of little account without opportunity.
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)
- Nothing average ever stood as a monument to progress. When progress is looking for a partner it doesn't turn to those who believe they are only average. It turns instead to those who are forever searching and striving to become the best they possibly can. If we seek the average level we cannot hope to achieve a high level of success. Our only hope is to avoid being a failure.
- A. Lou Vickery
- Take hope from the heart of man, and you make him a beast of prey.
- Ouida (Marie Louise de la Ramee)
- I am a part of all that I have met.
- John Milton (1608 - 1674)
- There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.
- Hodding Carter Jr.
- Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)
- Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should dance.
- Unknown
- Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in life.
- John Paul Richter
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