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Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.: Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004)
Computers can figure out all kinds of problems, except the things in the world that just don't add up.: James Magary
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I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.: Margaret Mead (1901 - 1978)
It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Walden, 1854
A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Parents and Children (1914) "Children's Happiness"
He who endeavors to serve, to benefit, and improve the world, is like a swimmer, who struggles against a rapid current, in a river lashed into angry waves by the winds. Often they roar over his head, often they beat him back and baffle him. Most men yield to the stress of the current... Only here and there the stout, strong heart and vigorous arms struggle on toward ultimate success.: Albert Pike
If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me: Jimmy Buffett, Song Title
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.: Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962)
All these years I've been feeling like I was growing into myself. Finally, I feel grown.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, What I Know For Sure, January 2004
A poem is never finished, only abandoned.: Paul Valery (1871 - 1945)
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Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
A man may well bring a horse to the water but he cannot make him drink.: John Heywood (1497 - 1580)
She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table.: Henry James (1843 - 1916)
We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.: Cato the Elder (234 BC - 149 BC)
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Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.: Arnold Palmer (1929 - )
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We must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.: Indira Gandhi (1917 - 1984)
Never have children, only grandchildren.: Gore Vidal (1925 - )
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It is amazing how much crisper the general experience of life becomes when your body is given a chance to develop a little strength.: Frank Duff, A Coder in Courierland, 03-20-05
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The inner fire is the most important thing mankind possesses.: Edith Sodergran
He who would travel happily must travel light.: Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900 - 1944)
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