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The incompetent with nothing to do can still make a mess of it.: Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
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The scientific name for an animal that doesn't either run from or fight its enemies is lunch.: Michael Friedman
Life is tough, and if you have the ability to laugh at it you have the ability to enjoy it.: Salma Hayek
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An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it.: G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
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We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680), Maximes (1678)
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The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.: Henry S. Haskins
My mother buried three husbands, and two of them were just napping.: Rita Rudner
Ask, and it shall be given you; Seek, and ye shall find; Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.: Bible, New Testament, Matthew 7:7
If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.: Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), letter to James Lewis, Jr., May 9, 1798
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.: Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933)
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You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.: Barbra Streisand (1942 - )
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Before you do anything, think. If you do something to try and impress someone, to be loved, accepted or even to get someone's attention, stop and think. So many people are busy trying to create an image, they die in the process.: Salma Hayek
I never lie because I don't fear anyone. You only lie when you're afraid.: John Gotti
Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.: Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954)
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If I knew what I was so anxious about, I wouldn't be so anxious.: Mignon McLaughlin
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.: Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924)
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Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience.: Victoria Holt
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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