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Personally I have struggled massively with the dilemma of talent vs desire. Choosing desire may not always be the easiest thing to do. It may seem a waste to leave those natural talents behind and strike out in a new direction. But at least you’ll feel alive.: Meri Williams, Talent vs Desire, 05-29-06
Real, constructive mental power lies in the creative thought that shapes your destiny, and your hour-by-hour mental conduct produces power for change in your life. Develop a train of thought on which to ride. The nobility of your life as well as your happiness depends upon the direction in which that train of thought is going.: Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
I am a Marxist--of the Groucho tendency.: Anonymous, French slogan
There ain't no such thing as wrong food.: Sean Stewart, Perfect Circle, 2004
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It's just a ride and we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings and money, a choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your door, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one.: Bill Hicks
The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.: Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)
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Human beings are seventy percent water, and with some the rest is collagen.: Martin Mull (1943 - )
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.: Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), Mother Night
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.: John Lennon (1940 - 1980), "Beautiful Boy"
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The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear, toward others as well as ourselves.: Oscar Arias Sanchez (1941 - )
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A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that is left him.: H. Mathews
Reality is something you rise above.: Liza Minnelli (1946 - )
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It doesn't make a difference what temperature a room is, it's always room temperature.: Steven Wright (1955 - )
The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible.: Jean Kerr
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Never have children, only grandchildren.: Gore Vidal (1925 - )
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Why be a man when you can be a success?: Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)
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Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.: Will Durant (1885 - 1981)
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It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)
By the time I'd grown up, I naturally supposed that I'd be grown up.: Eve Babitz
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The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.: Joseph Heller (1923 - 1999), Catch 22
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