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Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost.: Thomas J. Watson
In politics, absurdity is not a handicap.: Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)
Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare.: Harriet Martineau (1802 - 1876)
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Every man is the architect of his own fortune.: Sallust (86 BC - 34 BC)
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There smites nothing so sharp, nor smelleth so sour as shame.: William Langland (1332 - 1400)
Age is mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.: Satchel Paige (1906 - 1982)
In forming a bridge between body and mind, dreams may be used as a springboard from which man can leap to new realms of experience lying outside his normal state of consciousness.: Ann Faraday
Assuming either the Left Wing or the Right Wing gained control of the country, it would probably fly around in circles.: Pat Paulsen
Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now!: Michael Landon (1936 - 1991)
When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.: Krishnamurti, Beginnings of Learning
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When you go to buy, use your eyes, not your ears.: Czech Proverb
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Dance like it hurts, Love like you need money, Work when people are watching.: Scott Adams (1957 - ), The Way of the Weasel
I don't need a baby growing inside me for nine months. For one thing, there's morning sickness. If I'm going to feel nauseous and achy when I wake up, I want to achieve that state the old fashioned way: getting good and drunk the night before.: Ellen DeGeneres, My Point and I Do Have One
Examine what is said, not him who speaks.: Arab Proverb
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Praise youth and it will prosper.: Irish Proverb
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A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account at last.: Joseph F. Newton
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Be generous, be delicate, and always pursue the prize.: Henry James (1843 - 1916), from his essay about the rules of writing
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Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.: Bob Newhart (1929 - )
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Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.: Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815 - 1902)
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.: Madeleine L'Engle (1918 - ), "Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art", 1980
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