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The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.: Helen Rowland (1876 - 1950), A Guide to Men, 1922
Mistrust the man who finds everything good, the man who finds everything evil and still more the man who is indifferent to everything.: Johann K. Lavater
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Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.: R. Buckminster Fuller (1895 - 1983)
Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for and you will succeed.: Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845)
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True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.: William Penn (1644 - 1718)
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Reality continues to ruin my life.: Bill Watterson (1958 - ), Calvin and Hobbes
A husband is like a fire, he goes out when unattended.: Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.: Michael Pritchard
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In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man.: Alfred Hitchcock (1899 - 1980)
It’s really easy to complain. If you’re not careful, then you end up complaining about your whole life. Concentrating on the good things is really good. Catch people doing good.: Lisa Williams, Bloggers In Love, SXSW 2006
Be not so bigoted to any custom as to worship it at the expense of truth.: Johann Georg von Zimmermann
I've never struck a woman in my life, not even my own mother.: W. C. Fields (1880 - 1946)
After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.: Evelyn Underhill
A mind too active is no mind at all.: Theodore Roethke (1908 - 1963)
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In Kyudo philosophy, you don't aim--you become one with the target. Then, in fact, there's nothing to aim at. I find it works well with women, too. Give it a try.: Martin Sage and Sybil Adelman, Northern Exposure, The Bumpy Road to Love, 1991
I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think interior decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.: Anna Quindlen (1953 - )
Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.: Steven Wright (1955 - )
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If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out of it but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and no-one dares criticize it.: Pierre Gallois
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Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.: Robert Orben
When a problem can’t be solved, an attitude of acceptance makes room in your mind and heart for solutions to the problems that do need to be solved.: Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011