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Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thinking absurdly about them.: Lewis Mumford (1895 - 1990)
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If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. A lot of people don`t appreciate the moment until it's passed.: Kanye West
Loving yourself means caring enough to make the hard decisions in your life.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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To grow mature is to separate more distinctly, to connect more closely.: Hugo Von Hofmannsthal (1874 - 1929)
Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.: George Burns (1896 - 1996)
I don't hire anybody who's not brighter than I am. If they're not brighter than I am, I don't need them.: Paul "Bear" Bryant, I Ain't Never Been Nothing but a Winner
McCabe's Law: Nobody _has_ to do _anything_.: Charles McCabe
Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.: A. H. Weiler (1909 - 2002)
Any great truth can -- and eventually will -- be expressed as a cliche -- a cliche is a sure and certain way to dilute an idea. For instance, my grandmother used to say, 'The black cat is always the last one off the fence.' I have no idea what she meant, but at one time, it was undoubtedly true.: Solomon Short
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The mint makes it first, it is up to you to make it last.: Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
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A lie told often enough becomes the truth.: Lenin (1870 - 1924)
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I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
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Sport is imposing order on what was chaos.: Anthony Starr
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Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.: Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.: John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
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Before you begin a thing, remind yourself that difficulties and delays quite impossible to foresee are ahead. If you could see them clearly, naturally you could do a great deal to get rid of them but you can't. You can only see one thing clearly and that is your goal. Form a mental vision of that and cling to it through thick and thin.: Kathleen Norris
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There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will invariably be accompanied by the latter.: Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)
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Politics is applesauce.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
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The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.: Maya Angelou (1928 - )
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.: Margaret Thatcher (1925 - ), interview with Barbara Walters on ABC-TV, March 18, 1987