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Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.: e e cummings (1894 - 1962)
Outings are so much more fun when we can savor them through the children's eyes.: Lawana Blackwell, The Courtship of the Vicar's Daughter, 1998
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A person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours. Marley taught me about living each day with unbridled exuberance and joy, about seizing the moment and following your heart. He taught me to appreciate the simple things - a walk in the woods, a fresh snowfall, a nap in a shaft of winter sunlight. And as he grew old and achy, he taught me about optimism in the face of adversity. Mostly, he taught me about friendship and selflessness and, above all else, unwavering loyalty.: John Grogan, Marley and Me, 2005
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Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done.: Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861)
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Promises that you make to yourself are often like the Japanese plum tree - they bear no fruit.: Francis Marion (1732 - 1795)
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Life is a long lesson in humility.: James M. Barrie (1860 - 1937)
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My bounce-around life had taught me that dreams were dangerous things - they look solid in your mind, but you just try to reach for them. It's like gathering clouds.: Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky, 2006
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Exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels, throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions, without which the body cannot subsist in its vigor, nor the soul act with cheerfulness.: Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719), The Spectator, July 12, 1711
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We have to have the money to do the work we want to do, as well as to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table. Fat commissions are good, but not always easy to come by, and each new painting takes its time. So we need to find every way possible to earn extra income from our work.: Elizabeth Aston, The True Darcy Spirit, 2006
The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.: George Orwell (1903 - 1950), Polemic, May 1946, "Second Thoughts on James Burnham"
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Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.: Robert Orben
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It is well to give when asked but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.: Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931), 'On Giving,' The Prophet, 1923
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Do not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.: Robertson Davies, "The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks"
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Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything.: Herb Caen
Cakes have such a terrible habit of turning out bad just when you especially want them to be good.: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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Say not, when I have leisure I will study; you may not have leisure.: The Mishnah
Each handicap is like a hurdle in a steeplechase, and when you ride up to it, if you throw your heart over, the horse will go along, too.: Lawrence Bixby
Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.: Edward Young (1683 - 1765), Love of Fame (satire I, l. 89)
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Quit worrying about your health. It'll go away.: Robert Orben
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