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Heirlooms we don't have in our family. But stories we've got.: Rose Cherin
There is surely a piece of divinity in us, something that was before the elements, and owes no homage unto the sun.: Sir Thomas Browne (1605 - 1682), 1642
No matter how rich you become, how famous or powerful, when you die the size of your funeral will still pretty much depend on the weather.: Michael Pritchard
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People often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves.: Salma Hayek
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On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
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If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done.: Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)
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A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achievement. In this way he steadily raises his level of aspiration.: Kurt Lewin (1890 - 1947)
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We buy our way out of jail but we can't buy freedom, We buy a lot of clothes when we don't really need them, Things we buy to cover up what's inside.: Kanye West
Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.: Miguel de Cervantes (1547 - 1616)
Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.: Orson Welles (1915 - 1985)
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I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.: Rita Rudner
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.: George Washington (1732 - 1799), letter to his niece Harriet Washington, October 30, 1791
Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.: Andre Maurois (1885 - 1967)
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Students achieving Oneness will move on to Twoness.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.: Tallulah Bankhead (1903 - 1968)
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There are people who think that everything one does with a serious face is sensible.: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 - 1799)
The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
How we treasure (and admire) the people who acknowledge us!: Julie Morgenstern, O Magazine, Belatedly Yours, January 2004
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Perhaps the most important use of money - It saves time. Life is so short, and there's so much to do, one can't afford to waste a minute; and just think how much you waste, for instance, in walking from place to place instead of going by bus and in going by bus instead of by taxi.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Razor's Edge, 1943
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Most of the time I don't have much fun. The rest of the time I don't have any fun at all.: Woody Allen (1935 - )