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- Laws are silent in times of war.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
- Being tired isn't the same as being rich, but most times it's close enough.
- Chuck Palahniuk (1962 - ), Fight Club
- If you aren’t going to say something directly to someone’s face, than don’t use online as an opportunity to say it. It is this sense of bravery that people get when they are anonymous that gives the blogosphere a bad reputation.
- Mena Trott, Times Online, 12-06-06
- The notion of picking one time of year to be decent to other people is obscene because it's actually validating the notion of being miserable wretches the rest of the year.
- Pam Davis, House M.D., It's A Wonderful Lie, 2008
- Death can sneak up on you like a silent kitten, surprising you with it's touch and you have a right to act surprised. Other times death stomps in the front door, unwanted and unannounced, and makes it's noisy way to your seat on the sofa.
- Hugh Elliott, Bible Versus, 11-27-08
- The old folk, time's doting chronicles.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Henry IV, Part II, Act IV, sc. 4
- Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Julius Caesar, Act II, sc. 2
- Men at some time are the masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Julius Caesar, Act I, sc. 2
- Thou art not for the fashion of these times, where none will sweat but for promotion.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), As You Like It, Act II, sc. 3
- Working from home meant we could vary snack and coffee breaks, change our desks or view, goof off, drink on the job, even spend the day in pajamas, and often meet to gossip or share ideas. On the other hand, we bossed ourselves around, set impossible goals, and demanded longer hours than office jobs usually entail. It was the ultimate "flextime," in that it depended on how flexible we felt each day, given deadlines, distractions, and workaholic crescendos.
- Diane Ackerman, One Hundred Names for Love: A Stroke, A Marriage, and the Language of Healing, 2011
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