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The following quotations were randomly selected from the collections selected below . - Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.
- Judy Garland (1922 - 1969), to her daughter, Liza Minelli
- We are all human, and caring about the way something looks and feels does not mean we're superficial--it means we're human. We don't need to exploit sex to recognize that a certain amount of sexiness is both pleasurable and natural.
- Kathy Sierra, Creating Passionate Users, 08-22-06
- One single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer.
- G. E. Lessing (1729 - 1781)
- That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.
- A. Whitney Brown
- Joy is not in things; it is in us.
- Richard Wagner
- Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), A Connecticult Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- Personally I have struggled massively with the dilemma of talent vs desire. Choosing desire may not always be the easiest thing to do. It may seem a waste to leave those natural talents behind and strike out in a new direction. But at least you’ll feel alive.
- Meri Williams, Talent vs Desire, 05-29-06
- For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is administered with subhuman inefficiency.
- Eric Ambler
- In general we are least aware of what our minds do best.
- Marvin Minsky, The Society of Mind
- Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
- Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
- At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.
- Jean Houston
- The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
- If you are a terror to many, then beware of many.
- Ausonius
- The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.
- Baltasar Gracian, The Art of Worldly Wisdom, 1647
- Ultimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure, but the world is quite eager to give you a set of criteria if you let it.
- J. K. Rowling, Harvard Commencement Address, 2008
- Be neither too remote nor too familiar.
- Prince Charles (1948 - ), of Wales
- Faith is a cop-out. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can’t be taken on its own merits.
- Dan Barker, "Losing Faith in Faith", 1992
- Blaming another person for a problem often keeps us from examining the different possibilities that may underlie the issue.
- Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011
- If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.
- Brendan Francis
- How my achievements mock me!
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Troilus and Cressida, Act IV
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