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Those who seek consolation in existing churches often pay for their peace of mind with a tacit agreement to ignore a great deal of what is known about the way the world works.: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, 1990
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I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.: Graffito
If you believe everything you read, better not read.: Japanese Proverb
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.: Democritus (460 BC - 370 BC)
Evil is obvious only in retrospect.: Gloria Steinem (1934 - ), Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, 1983
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The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.: Peter De Vries
Whatever you think, be sure it is what you think; whatever you want, be sure that is what you want; whatever you feel, be sure that is what you feel.: T. S. Eliot (1888 - 1965)
The highest result of education is tolerance.: Helen Keller (1880 - 1968), 'Optimism,' 1903
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Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.: Spanish Proverb
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Learn as much by writing as by reading.: Lord Acton
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If you wish me to weep, you must mourn first yourself.: Horace (65 BC - 8 BC)
I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy.: Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993)
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Never try to tell everything you know. It may take too short a time.: Norman Ford
Be substantially great in thyself, and more than thou appearest unto others.: Sir Thomas Browne (1605 - 1682), 'Christian Morals,' 1716
Only by seeking challenges can we hope to find the best in ourselves.: Robert Rodriguez, Spy Kids 3-D Game Over
Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), 'Journals,' 1836
Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can.: John Wesley (1703 - 1791)
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You have to find a way of working that makes it dead easy to take full advantage of your inspired moments. They never hit at a convenient time, nor do they last long.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 24, 08-22-04
Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station.: Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719), 'Cato'
The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it's all we'll need.: Ann Richards