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In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
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When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it.: Bernard Bailey
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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.: George Santayana (1863 - 1952), The Life of Reason, Volume 1, 1905
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The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid.: Art Spander
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It's not the things we do in life that we regret on our death bed, it is the things we do not.: Randy Pausch, Carnegie Mellon Commencement Speech, 2008
Every day we do things, we are things that have to do with peace. If we are aware of our life..., our way of looking at things, we will know how to make peace right in the moment, we are alive.: Thich Nhat Hanh
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If it weren't for my lawyer, I'd still be in prison. It went a lot faster with two people digging.: Joe Martin, Mister Boffo
What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty.: Edmund Spenser (1552 - 1599), 'The Fate of the Butterfly,' 1591
Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.: Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964)
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The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.': Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004)
Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause; He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws.: Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 - 1890)
I am more and more convinced that our happiness or unhappiness depends more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.: Alexander Humboldt (1769 - 1859)
Always be nice to people on the way up; because you'll meet the same people on the way down.: Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933)
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.: Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888)
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.: Maureen Dowd, in 'New York Times'
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
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Typos are very important to all written form. It gives the reader something to look for so they aren't distracted by the total lack of content in your writing.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 07-03-05
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Beware of no man more than yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.: G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.: Robert Benchley (1889 - 1945)
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Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on the state of things without and around us.: Charlotte Bronte (1816 - 1855)