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Now is the time for all good men to come to.: Walt Kelly (1913 - 1973), "Pogo" (comic strip)
I used to work in a fire hydrant factory. You couldn't park anywhere near the place.: Steven Wright (1955 - )
Live well. It is the greatest revenge.: The Talmud
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My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted.: Steven Wright (1955 - )
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Put your whole self into it, and you will find your true voice. Hold back and you won't. It's that simple.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 25. You have to find your own schtick., 08-22-04
You can question somebody's views and their judgment without questioning their motives or patriotism.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), University of Michigan Commencement, 2010
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Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.: Jules Renard (1864 - 1910)
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I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), letter to Count Diodati, 1807
Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.: Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931)
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Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.: Martha Beck, O Magazine, Growing Wings, January 2004
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There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you.: Peter De Vries
You can't change what you've done, so you might as well just take pride in it.: Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
She used to drag her mattress besider her low window and lie awake for a long while, vibrating with excitement, as a machine vibrates from speed. Life rushed in upon her through that window - or so it seemed. In reality, of course, life rushes from within, not from without. There is no work of art so big or so beautiful that is was not once all contained in some youthful body, like this one which lay on the floor in the moonlight, pulsing with ardor and anticipation.: Willa Cather (1873 - 1947), The Song of the Lark
Society, my dear, is like salt water, good to swim in but hard to swallow.: Arthur Stringer, "The Silver Poppy"
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I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.: Garrison Keillor (1942 - )
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Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to be caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self.: Millicent Fenwick
In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.: John Churton Collins
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I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
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Sometimes in life you don't always feel like a winner, but that doesn't mean you're not a winner.: Lady Gaga (1986 - ), Ellen Degeneres Show, 09-08-09
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.: Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)