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People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.: Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)
If you are capable people are happy to play with you.: Tina Fey, Interview from Second City, 2008
Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.: Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
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Regret for wasted time is more wasted time.: Mason Cooley, O Magazine, April 2004
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Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad.: Norm Papernick
When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.: Stanislaw J. Lec (1909 - 1966), "Unkempt Thoughts"
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out.: Jewish Proverb
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Time is just something that we assign. You know, past, present, it's just all arbitrary. Most Native Americans, they don't think of time as linear; in time, out of time, I never have enough time, circular time, the Stevens wheel. All moments are happening all the time.: Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, Northern Exposure, Hello, I Love You, 1994
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Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.: Adelle Davis (1904 - 1974)
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Be a craftsman in speech that thou mayest be strong, for the strength of one is the tongue, and speech is mightier than all fighting.: Maxims of Ptahhotep, 3400 B.C.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.: Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD)
You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.: Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)
Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven't time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.: Georgia O'Keeffe (1887 - 1986)
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God is not dead but alive and well and working on a much less ambitious project.: Anonymous, Graffito
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The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish.: Robert Jackson
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.: Leo Tolstoy (1828 - 1910), Anna Karenina, Chapter 1, first line
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Procrastination isn't the problem, it's the solution. So procrastinate now, don't put it off.: Ellen DeGeneres
Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed in them.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Walden: Economy, 1854
Fear sometimes stops you from doing stupid things. But it can also stop you from doing creative or exciting or experimental things. It can cloud your judgment of others, and lead to all kinds of evil. The control and understanding of our personal fears is one of the most important undertakings in our life.: Helen Mirren
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Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.: Conan O'Brien, Final Tonight Show Speech, 2010