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Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.: William Penn (1644 - 1718)
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When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we are to each other.: Margaret Wheatley
College isn't the place to go for ideas.: Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)
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Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.: Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)
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When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.: Brendan Behan (1923 - 1964)
I truly feel that there are as many ways of loving as there are people in the world and as there are days in the life of those people.: Mary S. Calderone
Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him: a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure.: Bible, Old Testament
Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.: J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2003
There are too many people, and too few human beings.: Robert Zend
I sent the club a wire stating, PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER.: Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working.: Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend.: Doug Larson
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Ah, sweet alcohol. Like a true friend, you replace the anger with better, louder anger.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive, 08-23-11
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), "Of Human Bondage", 1915
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More often than not, a hero’s most epic battle is the one you never see; it’s the battle that goes on within him or herself.: Kevin Smith, My Boring Ass Life, 04-18-06
Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
People get comfortable with the way you are—they have formed their opinion of you based on everything they see and know about you as a person. When you change that up by losing weight, they no longer understand you.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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Stuffed deer heads on walls are bad enough, but it's worse when they are wearing dark glasses and have streamers in their antlers because then you know they were enjoying themselves at a party when they were shot.: Ellen DeGeneres
Generosity with strings is not generosity; It is a deal.: Marya Mannes
Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they excel.: William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830)
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