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Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.: Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894)
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You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.: Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
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You go to movies to see people you love suffer - that's why you go to the movies. You don't go to see a movie about a guy who already knows he has a wonderful life.: Joss Whedon, Entertainment Weekly, 08-30-13
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It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends.: J. K. Rowling
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.: Robert Half
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.: George Washington (1732 - 1799)
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I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. In fact, there are so few people this crazy that I feel like I know them all by first name.: Larry Page, University of Michigan Commencement Address, 2009
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Be brief, for no discourse can please when too long.: Miguel de Cervantes (1547 - 1616)
Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.: Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
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Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.: Patricia Sampson
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Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase.: Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.: Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
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The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines - so they should go as far as possible from home to build their first buildings.: Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 - 1959), New York Times, October 4, 1953
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.: Burnadette Devlin, The Price of My Soul, 1969
Resistance is never the agent of change. You have to embrace the actions that are going to get you closer to your goal.: Ali Vincent, Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life, 2009
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When men are scared of a woman, they always accuse her of being mannish.: Elizabeth Aston, The Second Mrs. Darcy, 2007
We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job.: Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), BBC radio broadcast, Feb 9, 1941
In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.: Coco Chanel (1883 - 1971)
You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.: George Burns (1896 - 1996)