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Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.: Lily Tomlin (1939 - )
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Confusion is always the most honest response.: Marty Indik
One of the things about being a grown-up is learning how to act right even when you feel wrong.: Sean Stewart, Perfect Circle, 2004
Gratitude is our most direct line to God and the angels. If we take the time, no matter how crazy and troubled we feel, we can find something to be thankful for.: Terry Lynn Taylor
That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.: Paul Valery (1871 - 1945)
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
You must learn to face the fact, always, that you choose to do what you do, and that everything you do affects not only you but others.: Holly Lisle, Fire In The Mist, 1992
Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.: Mark B. Cohen
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Journalism largely consists of saying 'Lord Jones is Dead' to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.: G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
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In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.: Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
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The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.: Stephen Jay Gould (1941 - 2002)
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Everything you do in life, every choice you make, has a consequence. When you do things without thinkin', then you ain't makin' the choice. The choice is makin' you.: Mark Steven Johnson, Ghostrider, 2007
A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.: Jerry Seinfeld (1954 - )
Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.: Sir Thomas Beecham (1879 - 1961)
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The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it's all we'll need.: Ann Richards
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.: Josh Billings (1818 - 1885), 'Affurisms from Josh Billings: His Sayings,' 1865
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There is some magic in wealth, which can thus make persons pay their court to it, when it does not even benefit themselves. How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty!: Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
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Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success - yours or his.: Franklin P. Jones, Saturday Evening Post, November 29, 1953
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A friend told me that each morning when we get up we have to decide whether we are going to save or savor the world. I don't think that is the decision. It's not an either-or, save or savor. We have to do both, save and savor the world.: Kate Clinton
His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.: J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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