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Any sufficiently advanced bureaucracy is indistinguishable from molasses.: Unknown
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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.: Leo Tolstoy (1828 - 1910)
Partake of some of life's sweet pleasures. And yes, get comfortable with yourself.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine
Sending important messages via text is the coward’s way out. Don’t be the person who texts important messages. It’s rude, inconsiderate, and, yes, cowardly.: Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011
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Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.: Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804)
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Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools.: Sir Richard Steele
If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.: Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)
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For every person who wants to teach there are approximately thirty people who don't want to learn--much.: W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman, And Now All This (1932) introduction
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Privacy and security are those things you give up when you show the world what makes you extraordinary.: Margaret Cho, Margaret Cho's Weblog, 07-05-04
It's the company, not the cooking, that makes a meal.: Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky, 2006
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The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.: Norman Mailer (1923 - 2007)
A gift - be it a present, a kind word or a job done with care and love - explains itself!... and if receivin' it embarrasses you, it's because your 'thanks box' is warped.: Alice Childress
The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom...: Bell Hooks
Fear sometimes stops you from doing stupid things. But it can also stop you from doing creative or exciting or experimental things. It can cloud your judgment of others, and lead to all kinds of evil. The control and understanding of our personal fears is one of the most important undertakings in our life.: Helen Mirren
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Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.: Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832), Lacon, 1820
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There is no remedy for love but to love more.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Journal, July 25, 1839
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It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.: Evelyn Waugh (1903 - 1966)
If it were done, when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Macbeth, Act I, sc. 7
He who hesitates is not only lost, but miles from the next exit.: Unknown
May your service of love a beautiful thing; want nothing else, fear nothing else and let love be free to become what love truly is.: Hadewijch of Antwerp