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Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you.: Lillian Hellman (1905 - 1984)
When people think the world of you, be careful with them.: Margaret Cho, Margaret Cho Blog, 09-26-05
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), "On Reading and Writing"
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Great people and great athletes realize early in their lives their destiny, and accept it. Even if they do not consciously realize the how, the where, the what.: Percy Cerutty
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In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative original thinker unless you can also sell what you create. Management cannot be expected to recognize a good idea unless it is presented to them by a good salesman.: David M. Ogilvy
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Be substantially great in thyself, and more than thou appearest unto others.: Sir Thomas Browne (1605 - 1682), 'Christian Morals,' 1716
Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives.: William Dement, in Newsweek, 1959
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Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.: William Goldman, "The Princess Bride"
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The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.: Alvin Toffler
Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking.: John Maynard Keynes (1883 - 1946)
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Don't need to say please to no man for a happy tune.: Neil Diamond (1941 - ), Cracklin' Rose
Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.: Paul Valery (1871 - 1945)
Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.: Sir William Osler (1849 - 1919)
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The act of nutrition is not a purely physiological event... The family meal is a formality that cultivates in us... a capacity for sharing, generosity, thoughtfulness, a talent for civilized conversation.: Francine Du Plessix Gray
Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.: Nathaniel Branden
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'Wrong' is one of those concepts that depends on witnesses.: Scott Adams (1957 - ), Dilbert, 11-05-09
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America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy.: John Updike (1932 - ), Problems and Other Stories
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Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.: Edgard Varese (1883 - 1965)
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Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.: Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972), August 8, 1950