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Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.: Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 - 1959)
A hypocrite is a person who--but who isn't?: Don Marquis (1878 - 1937)
For what I have received, may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received.: Storm Jameson
Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused.: King Charles I, of England
I dream, therefore I become.: Cheryl Renée Grossman
Real, constructive mental power lies in the creative thought that shapes your destiny, and your hour-by-hour mental conduct produces power for change in your life. Develop a train of thought on which to ride. The nobility of your life as well as your happiness depends upon the direction in which that train of thought is going.: Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.: Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
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The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity.: Ruby Dee
I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me.: Althea Gibson (1927 - 2003)
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 5
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Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be. Become one yourself!: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121 AD - 180 AD)
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Dealing with network executives is like being nibbled to death by ducks.: Eric Sevareid
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As if a woman ever loved a man for his virtue.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Painted Veil, 1925
Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.: Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997)
Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.: Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
The idea of perfect closes your mind to new standards. When you drive hard toward one ideal, you miss opportunities and paths, not to mention hurting your confidence. Believe in your potential and then go out and explore it; don't limit it.: John Eliot, Ph.D., Reverse Psychology for Success
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Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.: George MacDonald (1824 - 1905)
Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.: R. Buckminster Fuller (1895 - 1983), Interview, April 30, 1978
Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out.: Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845)
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The truth is rarely pure and never simple.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895, Act I
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