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Heirlooms we don't have in our family. But stories we've got.: Rose Cherin
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.: Marlene Dietrich (1901 - 1992)
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Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.: Miguel de Cervantes (1547 - 1616)
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
How little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only brought together because their passions were stronger than their virtue.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Pride and Prejudice, 1811
Ah, music. A magic beyond all we do here!: J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 1997
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You never find yourself until you face the truth.: Pearl Bailey (1918 - 1990)
Once you can laugh at your own weaknesses, you can move forward. Comedy breaks down walls. It opens up people. If you're good, you can fill up those openings with something positive. Maybe... combat some of the ugliness in the world.: Goldie Hawn (1945 - )
The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778), Discours en vers sur l'homme, 1737
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I'm just a person trapped inside a woman's body.: Elayne Boosler
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Diluting your product to make it more 'commercial' will just make people like it less.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 21. Selling out is harder than it looks., 08-22-04
Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere.: G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
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You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.: Lydia M. Child
Because you are in control of your life. Don't ever forget that. You are what you are because of the conscious and subconscious choices you have made.: Barbara Hall, A Summons to New Orleans, 2000
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The great tragedy of Science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.: Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)
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I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches.: Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Moon and Sixpence
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We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck... But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness.: Ellen Goodman (1941 - )