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There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.: Henry Kissinger (1923 - )
Disappearing can be quite the coping mechanism for those of us who fear abandonment the very most of all. If we disappear, you have to find us. You're the one who worries. We know where we are, but you can't leave me. I'm in charge and doing the leaving. Not the other way around.: Jennifer Neal, nakedjen, Disappearing Act, 03-06-12
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Not everything made you stronger. It was possible to survive, yet still be crippled for your trouble. Sometimes it was okay to run away, to skip the test, to chicken out. Or at least to get some help.: Scott Westerfeld, Midnighters: Blue Noon, 2005
The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.: Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
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What's another word for Thesaurus?: Steven Wright (1955 - )
Hope doesn't come from calculating whether the good news is winning out over the bad. It's simply a choice to take action.: Anna Lappe, O Magazine, June 2003
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Walking is also an ambulation of mind.: Gretel Ehrlich
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.: Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969), Inaugural Address, January 20, 1953
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Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to a better understanding of ourselves.: Carl Jung (1875 - 1961)
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None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.: Ferdinand Foch (1851 - 1929)
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If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function.: Unknown
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Americans are overreachers; overreaching is the most admirable of the many American excesses.: George F. Will (1941 - ), Statecraft as Soulcraft
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Fidelity to commitment in the face of doubts and fears is a very spiritual thing.: Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, December 16, 2002
Confusion is always the most honest response.: Marty Indik
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good; try to use ordinary situations.: Jean Paul Richter (1763 - 1825)
Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace.: Amelia Earhart (1897 - 1937), Courage, 1927
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We can aspire to anything, but we don't get it just 'cause we want it. I would rather spend my life close to the birds than waste it wishing I had wings.: Eli Attie, House M.D., Dying Changes Everything, 2008
Almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.: Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011)