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A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms.: George Wald (1906 - )
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task since it consists principally in dealing with men.: Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924)
How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Walden: Reading, 1854
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It's not having what you want It's wanting what you've got.: Sheryl Crow, Soak Up The Sun
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to a better understanding of ourselves.: Carl Jung (1875 - 1961)
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A lie told often enough becomes the truth.: Lenin (1870 - 1924)
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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.: Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962), 'This Is My Story,' 1937
Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.: Ausonius
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You ought to expect better of people. It encourages you to be a better person yourself.: Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content, 12-19-2011
Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter.: Paxton Hood
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Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.: Sir Thomas Beecham (1879 - 1961)
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A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.: Sir Thomas Beecham (1879 - 1961)
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Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.: Erma Bombeck (1927 - 1996)
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A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then you counterattack.: Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign, 1999
What you are is a question only you can answer.: Lois McMaster Bujold, The Warrior's Apprentice, 1986
The business of America is not business. Neither is it war. The business of America is justice and securing the blessings of liberty.: George F. Will (1941 - )
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A God that can be understood is no God. Who can explain the Infinite in words?: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Razor's Edge, 1943
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There's nothing that keeps its youth, So far as I know, but a tree and truth.: Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894), The Deacon's Masterpiece, 1858
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Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.: John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006)
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We are able to laugh when we achieve detachment, if only for a moment.: May Sarton