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Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion.: Robertson Davies
If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
If you really want something, and really work hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and never give up, you will find a way.: Jane Goodall (1934 - )
You're probably on the right track if you feel like a sidewalk worm during a rainstorm.: Larry Page, University of Michigan Commencement Address, 2009
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The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done.: Allard Lowenstein, O Magazine, September 2002
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equal partnership.: Ann Landers (1918 - 2002)
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I bet the human brain is a kludge.: Marvin Minsky
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.: Dale Carnegie
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Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.: Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973) "Emotions"
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Nothing is worse than active ignorance.: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.: Aung San Suu Kyi (1945 - )
My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.: Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
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There are 350 varieties of shark, not counting loan and pool.: L. M. Boyd
The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people's reality, and eventually in one's own.: Susan Sontag (1933 - 2004), New York Review of Books 18 Apr. 1974
Don't live in a town where there are no doctors.: Jewish Proverb
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True humor is fun - it does not put down, kid, or mock. It makes people feel wonderful, not separate, different, and cut off. True humor has beneath it the understanding that we are all in this together.: Hugh Prather
It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.: Jane Goodall (1934 - )
Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.: Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)
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