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What a beautiful, sunny morning. It makes you happy to be alive, doesn't it? We can't let the sun outshine us! We have to beam, too!: Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
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Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.: Flannery O'Connor (1925 - 1964)
Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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My one aim was to do a thing well and to excel if possible.: Josephine demott Robinson, O Magazine, December 2003
The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.: Saint Jerome (374 AD - 419 AD)
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Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.: Swedish Proverb
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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That is not what Geek means to me. We are more than the hobbies that we do or the things that we like. To me, Geek means an outsider, a rebel, a dreamer, a creator, a fighter. It's a person who dares to love something that isn't conventional.: Felicia Day, Geek and Sundry, State of the Sundry, 03-25-13
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
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Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.: Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011)
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This is one of those views which are so absolutely absurd that only very learned men could possibly adopt them.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done.: Allard Lowenstein, O Magazine, September 2002
We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.: Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook
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It is a sadness of growing older that we lose our ardent appreciation of what is new and different and difficult.: Elizabeth Aston, The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy, 2005
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I decided not to let my past rule my future so I decided to change my present in order to open up my future.: Dr. Ana M Guzman
Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway.: John Wayne (1907 - 1979)
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Can I ever know you Or you know me?: Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
'Wrong' is one of those concepts that depends on witnesses.: Scott Adams (1957 - ), Dilbert, 11-05-09
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