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Being friendless taught me how to be a friend. Funny how that works.: Colleen Wainwright, Communicatrix, 11-09-07
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I'm kind of jealous of the life I'm supposedly leading.: Zach Braff
Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.: Steven Wright (1955 - )
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This is pretty much what journals are all about, at least to me. I knew as I wrote them that even though they provided an excellent place for brain (and heart, and psyche) dump, they were mainly a map of me.: Colleen Wainwright, communicatrix, 03-23-2006
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There are an awful lot of scientists today who believe that before very long we shall have unraveled all the secrets of the universe. There will be no puzzles anymore. To me it'd be really, really tragic because I think one of the most exciting things is this feeling of mystery, feeling of awe, the feeling of looking at a little live thing and being amazed by it and how its emerged through these hundreds of years of evolution and there it is and it is perfect and why.: Jane Goodall (1934 - )
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You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.: Sam Levenson (1911 - 1980)
Old age is the most unexpected of things that can happen to a man.: Leon Trotsky (1879 - 1940), Diary in Exile (1959)
Reprove thy friend privately; commend him publicly.: Solon (638 BC - 559 BC)
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.: Jean Rostand (1894 - 1977), Journal of a Character, 1931
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If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.: Evelyn Waugh (1903 - 1966)
Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.: Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)
Take what you can use and let the rest go by.: Ken Kesey (1935 - )
A friend is someone who will help you move. A real friend is someone who will help you move a body.: Unknown
No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.: W. H. Auden (1907 - 1973)
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Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.: Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825 - 1921)
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The girl with a future avoids a man with a past.: Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.: William James (1842 - 1910)
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Whatever God's dream about man may be, it seems certain it cannot come true unless man cooperates.: Stella Terrill Mann
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The arts must be considered an essential element of education... They are tools for living life reflectively, joyfully and with the ability to shape the future.: Shirley Trusty Corey