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When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone; nay, God is within, and your genius is within. And what need have they of light to see what you are doing?: Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD), Discourses
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The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.: Evenius
Concentration is my motto. First honesty, then industry, then concentration.: Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919)
To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don't want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt.: Madonna (1958 - ), O Magazine, January 2004
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Age to me means nothing. I can't get old; I'm working. I was old when I was twenty-one and out of work. As long as you're working, you stay young. When I'm in front of an audience, all that love and vitality sweeps over me and I forget my age.: George Burns (1896 - 1996)
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It's not foresight or hindsight we need. We need sight, plain and simple. We need to see what is right in front of us.: Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, April 22, 2003
Rational arguments don't usually work on religious people. Otherwise, there wouldn't be religious people.: Doris Egan, House M.D., The Right Stuff, 2007
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This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), The American Scholar, August 31, 1837
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No one goes there nowadays, it's too crowded.: Yogi Berra (1925 - )
It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy.: Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Mansfield Park
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The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.: Harlan Ellison (1934 - )
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Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was.: Margaret Mitchell (1900 - 1949)
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I like to play blackjack. I'm not addicted to gambling, I'm addicted to sitting in a semi-circle.: Mitch Hedberg (1968 - 2005)
Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
The camera's only job is to get out of the way of making photographs.: Ken Rockwell, Your Camera Does Not Matter, 2005
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I've decided that the key to happiness is low expectations.: Laura Moncur (1969 - ), Merriton: Twelve Hours from San Francisco, 06-04-08
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It's hard to take over the world when you sleep 20 hours a day.: Darby Conley, Get Fuzzy, 06-07-04
Here's a tip to avoid death by celebrity: First off, get a life. They can't touch you if you're out doing something interesting.: Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine, Ask a Ninja, Question 55, 10-03-07
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The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.: Nikola Tesla (1857 - 1943), Modern Mechanics and Inventions. July, 1934