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We are able to laugh when we achieve detachment, if only for a moment.: May Sarton
A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future.: Sidney J. Harris
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Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the contrary.: Julius Rosenwald (1862 - 1932)
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Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in a few words.: Aprocrypha
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It isn't kind to cultivate a friendship just so one will have an audience.: Lawana Blackwell, The Courtship of the Vicar's Daughter, 1998
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Life is full of obstacle illusions.: Grant Frazier
A little Madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King.: Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), No. 1333
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If you don't accept responsibility for your own actions, then you are forever chained to a position of defense.: Holly Lisle, Fire In The Mist, 1992
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A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it adds up to real money.: Senator Everett Dirksen (1896 - 1969)
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Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you're a thousand miles from the corn field.: Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969), September 11, 1956
Men who never get carried away should be.: Malcolm Forbes (1919 - 1990)
Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others.: Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you. It belongs to you. I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), Election Night Speech in Chicago, 11-04-08
Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don't.: Melody Beattie
The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'.: Larry Hardiman
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Experience suggests it doesn't matter so much how you got here, as what you do after you arrive.: Lois McMaster Bujold, "Barrayar", 1991
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
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The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.: Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986)
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I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it.: Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
I was brought up to believe that how I saw myself was more important than how others saw me.: Anwar el-Sadat (1918 - 1981)