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Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you, and be silent.: Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD)
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That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.: Doris Lessing
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We are all born with wonderful gifts. We use these gifts to express ourselves, to amuse, to strengthen, and to communicate. We begin as children to explore and develop our talents, often unaware that we are unique, that not everyone can do what we're doing!: Lynn Johnston (1947 - ), Lynn on Ideas
I don't think about risks much. I just do what I want to do. If you gotta go, you gotta go.: Lillian Carter
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The strongest possible piece of advice I would give any young woman is: Don't screw around, and don't smoke.: Edwina Currie, in Observer, 1988
Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original and the part that is original is not good.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), (attributed)
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When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope still is to leave the world a little bit better for my having been here. It's a wonderful life and I love it.: Jim Henson, It's Not Easy Being Green And Other Things to Consider
Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this-that you are dreadfully like other people.: James Russell Lowell (1819 - 1891)
If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Painted Veil, 1925
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People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.: Anatole France (1844 - 1924), The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
If you have any doubts that we live in a society controlled by men, try reading down the index of contributors to a volume of quotations, looking for women's names.: Elaine Gill
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There are only two ways of telling the complete truth--anonymously and posthumously.: Thomas Sowell (1930 - )
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Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.: Milton Friedman (1912 - 2006)
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Life is too complicated not to be orderly.: Martha Stewart, quoted in Harper's Bazaar
I think it's absolutely a blessing when you just know what your purpose is and your destiny. I don't think it's a curse at all.: Lady Gaga (1986 - ), The Today Show, 12-08-08
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Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.: John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
There art two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness.: Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924)
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The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.: Denis Watley
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An onion can make people cry, but there has never been a vegetable invented to make them laugh.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
[Common sense] is the best sense I know of.: Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773)
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