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The best of us must sometimes eat our words.: J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, 1999
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.: Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), 'Histoire d'un crime,' 1852
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Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.: Bob Newhart (1929 - )
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There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The best argument is an undeniably good book.: Saul Bellow (1915 - 2005)
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All a good letter has to do is make you feel special.: Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
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Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?: Rose Kennedy (1890 - 1995)
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I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.: Cato the Elder (234 BC - 149 BC)
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My favorite animal is steak.: Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
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Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.: Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727)
Delusions of grandeur make me feel a lot better about myself.: Jane Wagner
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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You have to accept the plan and realize that if you slip, and you might, you can’t use that as a reason to give up or stop.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
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Do not consider painful what is good for you.: Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC)
The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79.: Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), "Mostly Harmless"
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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.: Jane Goodall (1934 - )
While there's life, there's hope.: Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Ad Atticum
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Worry is a misuse of imagination.: Dan Zadra
The only thing that lasts longer than a friend's love is the stupidity that keeps us from knowing any better.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 09-07-06
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The best way to get approval is not to need it.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 27, 08-22-04