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Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), Driftwood; Table Talk, 1857
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Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.: Jules Renard (1864 - 1910)
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Eating is really one of your indoor sports. You play three times a day, and it's well worth while to make the game as pleasant as possible.: Dorothy Draper
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Joel: That's the movies, Ed. Try reality. Ed: No thanks.: Ellen Herman, Northern Exposure, Only You, 1991
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The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?: Tom Stoppard (1937 - ), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1967)
Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.: Bill Gates (1955 - ), Time Magazine, January 13, 1996
So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.: Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)
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It's the company, not the cooking, that makes a meal.: Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky, 2006
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Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.: Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011)
My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.: Rodney Dangerfield (1921 - 2004)
A dog is the greatest gift a parent can give a child. OK, a good education, then a dog.: John Grogan, An Interview with John Grogan, 2008
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Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
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Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.: George MacDonald (1824 - 1905)
It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.: Jean Nidetch
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A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.: Joseph Roux
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It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.: Enrico Fermi (1901 - 1954)
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It has been my experience that maximizing income is a helluva lot less important than maximizing passion and fulfillment in your both professionally and personally.: John Green, Vlogbrothers, Is College Worth It?, 08-21-12
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Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.: Christine Bovee
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