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One remembers horrors, I think, for the rest of one's life, but memories do not always remain so sharp, and with time, and new circumstance, do not affect us so powerfully.: Elizabeth Aston, The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy, 2005
Sure I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself some day.: Lillian Carter, in her 80s
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Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything.: Charles Kuralt
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You know what it's like to wake up in the middle of the night with a vivid dream? And you know that if you don't have a pencil and pad by the bed, it will be completely gone by the next morning. Sometimes it's important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it.: Larry Page, University of Michigan Commencement Address, 2009
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I do not want to die... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown.: Kathe Kollwitz, O Magazine, September 2002
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We think having faith means being convinced God exists in the same way we are convinced a chair exists. People who cannot be completely convinced of God’s existence think faith is impossible for them. Not so. People who doubt can have great faith because faith is something you do, not something you think. In fact, the greater your doubt the more heroic your faith.: Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, December 26, 2002
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The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet.: William Gibson (1948 - )
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It can be a real struggle to accept that sometimes appearance can be more important than talent or intelligence.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.: Brendan Gill
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Life is full of obstacle illusions.: Grant Frazier
In the end, we decide if we're remembered for what happened to us or for what we did with it.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 06-29-06
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.': Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919)
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Neurotics build castles in the air, psychotics live in them. My mother cleans them.: Rita Rudner
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There will come a time, when all of us are dead. All of us. There will come a time when there are no human beings remaining to remember that anyone ever existed or that our species ever did anything.: John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, 2012
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If you don't think your life is worth more than someone else's, sign your donor card and kill yourself now.: Matthew V. Lewis, House M.D., Last Resort, 2008
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Better by far you should forget and smile than you should remember and be sad.: Christina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want something around my neck that's worth more than my head.: Rita Rudner
When the water reaches the upper level, follow the rats.: Claude Swanson (1862 - 1939)
If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love's reach.: Margaret Cho, weblog, 03-09-04
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I'm worried that the universe will soon need replacing. It's not holding a charge.: Edward Chilton