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When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), quoted Kansas City Star, June 5, 1977
It may make your blood boil and your mind may not be changed, but the practice of listening to opposing views is essential for effective citizenship. It is essential for our democracy.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), University of Michigan Commencement, 2010
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It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it.: Upton Sinclair (1878 - 1968)
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Of course the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you--if you don't play, you can't win.: Robert Heinlein (1907 - 1988)
The petty economies of the rich are just as amazing as the silly extravagances of the poor.: William Feather (1908 - 1976)
All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often.: Stanislaw J. Lec (1909 - 1966), "Unkempt Thoughts"
I take care of my things. After all, those of us as has few things to begin with must take care, lest we have fewer.: Erica Eisdorfer, The Wet Nurse's Tale, 2009
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The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.: Malcolm X (1925 - 1965)
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I don't like composers who think. It gets in the way of their plagiarism.: Howard Dietz
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God is not dead but alive and well and working on a much less ambitious project.: Anonymous, Graffito
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That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.: Doris Lessing
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The world is my lobster.: Henry J. Tillman
There’s something wonderful about entertaining people on vacation. Everyone is there to have a good time.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.: Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815 - 1902)
Charm and nothing but charm at last grows a little tiresome. It's a relief then to deal with a man who isn't quite so delightful but a little more sincere.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Painted Veil, 1925
This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it.: William Goldman, The Princess Bride
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The roses, the lovely notes, the dining and dancing are all welcome and splendid. But when the Godiva is gone, the gift of real love is having someone who'll go the distance with you. Someone who, when the wedding day limo breaks down, is willing to share a seat on the bus.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, February 2004
I show up. I listen. I try to laugh.: Anna Quindlen (1953 - ), A Short Guide to a Happy Life, 2000
Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.: Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind.: E. B. White (1899 - 1985), Some Remarks on Humor, introduction
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