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Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.: Lily Tomlin (1939 - )
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Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if it's in Hamburger Technology.: Clive James
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It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.: J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 1997
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.: Henry Ford (1863 - 1947)
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As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.: Publilius Syrus (~100 BC), Moral Sayings, First Century B.C.
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As we look deeply within, we understand our perfect balance. There is no fear of the cycle of birth, life and death. For when you stand in the present moment, you are timeless.: Rodney Yee
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If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done.: Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)
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In terms of being late or not starting at all, then it's never too late.: Alison Headley, Digital Preservation and Blogs, SXSW 2006
One's first book, kiss, home run, is always the best.: Clifton Fadiman (1904 - 1999)
The future is much like the present, only longer.: Dan Quisenberry
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Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and higher education positively fortifies it.: Stephen Vizinczey, An Innocent Millionaire
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If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.: Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
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The only way to have a friend is to be one.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), 'Of Human Bondage', 1915
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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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While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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I have learned to love that which is meant to harm me, so that I can stand in the way of those who are less strong. I can take the bullets for those who aren't able to.: Margaret Cho, weblog, 01-14-04
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.: Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (1893 - 1986), in Irving Good, The Scientist Speculates (1962)
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What if this weren't a hypothetical question?: Unknown