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Here's a tip to avoid death by celebrity: First off, get a life. They can't touch you if you're out doing something interesting.: Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine, Ask a Ninja, Question 55, 10-03-07
Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen.: Bob Edwards
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If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.: Brendan Francis
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I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, December 2003
Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand: Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007)
Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Soul of Man under Socialism (1881)
We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.: Frank Tibolt
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Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm.: Malayan Proverb
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Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.: Jane Goodall (1934 - )
There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.: Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989)
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True repentance means making amends with the person when at all possible.: Lawana Blackwell, The Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark, 1999
I get a lot of cracks about my hair, mostly from men who don't have any.: Ann Richards
There are more of them than us.: Herb Caen
Everyone has a purpose in life. Perhaps yours is watching television.: David Letterman (1947 - )
I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.: William H. Mauldin (1921 - 2003)
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth.: Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little.: Joe Martin, Porterfield
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We are indeed much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more than what we are.: Adelle Davis (1904 - 1974)
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He that will not sail until all dangers are over, will never put to sea.: Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)
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Never eat more than you can lift.: Miss Piggy
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