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When it is not necessary to make a decision, it is necessary not to make a decision.: Lord Falkland (1610 - 1643)
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Nothing's so apt to undermine your confidence in a product as knowing that the commercial selling it has been approved by the company that make it.: Franklin P. Jones
The greater man the greater courtesy.: Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892)
Perseverance does not equal worthiness.: Lawrence Kaplow, House M.D., Paternity, 2004
Maybe kissing is sort of like nature's coffee.: Scott Westerfeld, Midnighters: Blue Noon, 2005
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If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself.: Spanish Proverb
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Open your mouth and purse cautiously, and your stock of wealth and reputation shall, at least in repute, be great.: Johann Georg von Zimmermann
If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.: Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld magazine
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Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.: Henry J. Kaiser (1882 - 1967)
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One should absorb the colour of life, but one should never remember its details. Details are always vulgar.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousand of miles and all the years you have lived.: Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)
Maybe because it's entirely an artist's eye, patience and skill that makes an image and not his tools.: Ken Rockwell, Your Camera Does Not Matter, 2005
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It is a sign of a creeping inner death when we no longer can praise the living.: Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
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Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.: Charles F. Kettering (1876 - 1958)
When someone allows you to bear his burdens, you have found deep friendship.: Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, January 4, 2003
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There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), "Man and Superman" (1903), act 4
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Time does not change us. It just unfolds us.: Max Frisch
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No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.: Jascha Heifetz (1901 - 1987)
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Golf and sex are about the only things you can enjoy without being good at.: Jimmy Demaret
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Victory belongs to the most persevering.: Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)
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