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There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
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It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.: Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972), in Observer, April 13, 1958
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.: Eckhart Tolle
The only road to good shows is bad ones. Just go start having a bad time, and if you don't give up, you will get better.: Louis C. K., Reddit, 2012
Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.: Sophia Loren (1934 - )
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The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.: Robert Fulghum (1937 - ), It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It
To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.: Joseph Chilton Pearce
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Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.: Clarence Thomas (1948 - )
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Feet, why do I need them if I have wings to fly?: Frida Kahlo (1907 - 1954)
So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.: Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)
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The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizzare which seems inherent in them.: Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), Les Enfants Terribles
The best way to teach your kids about taxes is by eating 30% of their ice cream.: Bill Murray (1950 - )
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There’s something wonderful about entertaining people on vacation. Everyone is there to have a good time.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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To be in love Is to touch with a lighter hand. In yourself you stretch, you are well.: Gwendolyn Brooks (1917 - )
Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face.: Dave Barry (1947 - )
I love that sometimes we need to go to the opposite side of the world to realize assumptions that we didn't even know we had and realize that the opposite may also be true.: Derek Sivers, TED Talk: Weird, or just different? Nov 2009
Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
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Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
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I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic.: Lisa Alther, Kinflicks, 1975
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