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If you don't accept responsibility for your own actions, then you are forever chained to a position of defense.: Holly Lisle, Fire In The Mist, 1992
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The greatest mystery is not that we have been flung at random between the profusion of matter and of the stars, but that within this prison we can draw from ourselves images powerful enough to deny our nothingness.: Andre Malraux (1901 - 1976)
Conscience is what makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does.: Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
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I believe that people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.: Nancy Reagan (1921 - )
But be, as you have been, my happiness...: Randall Jarrell (1914 - 1965)
The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.: William Cowper (1731 - 1800)
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We are none of us infallible--not even the youngest of us.: W. H. Thompson
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Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Impact of Science on Society (1952) ch. 1
Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything.: Herb Caen
Thanks to TV and for the convenience of TV, you can only be one of two kinds of human beings, either a liberal or a conservative.: Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), "Cold Turkey", In These Times, May 10, 2004
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[Abstract art is] a product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.: Al Capp (1909 - 1979)
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Nothing is worse than active ignorance.: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
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If Pac-Man had affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in dark rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.: Marcus Bridgstocke
The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.: William Faulkner (1897 - 1962)
Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.: Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
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Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty - a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
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Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance.: William Wirt (1772 - 1834)
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Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.: Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)
Getting enough sleep can be just as important as working out.: Ali Vincent, Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life, 2009
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I'm well aware when they fired the starting gun I was halfway down the track, but I still ran as fast as I could for 25 years.: Joss Whedon, Entertainment Weekly, 08-30-13
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