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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.: Aung San Suu Kyi (1945 - )
The grass is always greener once you don't have to mow a lawn anymore.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive, Young Hope, 04-26-13
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It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.: William G. McAdoo (1863 - 1941)
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We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.: Madeleine L'Engle (1918 - )
An affirmation is a strong, positive statement that something is already so.: Shakti Gawain
To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old.: Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894)
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I hope that when I die, people say about me, 'Boy, that guy sure owed me a lot of money.': Jack Handey (1949 - ), Deep Thoughts
Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?: Lily Tomlin (1939 - )
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.: Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC)
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.: Mel Brooks (1926 - )
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Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), John Bull's Other Island (1907) act 2
The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use - of how to get men of power to live for the public rather than off the public.: Robert F. Kennedy (1925 - 1968), 'I Remember, I Believe,' The Pursuit of Justice, 1964
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It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.: Al Franken, 'Stuart Saves His Family'
Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.: Joaquin Setanti
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Procrastination isn't the problem, it's the solution. So procrastinate now, don't put it off.: Ellen DeGeneres
We don't beat the Grim Reaper by living longer, we beat the Reaper by living well and living fully, for the Reaper will come for all of us. The question is what do we do between the time we are born and the time he shows up. It's too late to do all the things that you're gonna kinda get around to.: Randy Pausch, Carnegie Mellon Commencement Speech, 2008
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Sometimes the cure for restlessness is rest.: Colleen Wainwright, Communicatrix, 08-06-08
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It is a great ability to be able to conceal one's ability.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680), Maxims, 1665
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I learned an important lesson in the art of debate. Present your argument clearly, arm yourself with cutting wit and of course, bob and weave!: Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
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