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There was an immeasurable distance between the quick and the dead: they did not seem to belong to the same species; and it was strange to think that but a little while before they had spoken and moved and eaten and laughed.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), 'Of Human Bondage', 1915
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), The Conduct of Life, 'Fate,' 1860
What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens.: Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
There's some things that people don't admit because they don't like the way it sounds.: Cindy Chupack, Sex and the City, Plus One Is The Loneliest Number, 2002
You can pray for someone even if you don't think God exists.: Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, July 7, 2003
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Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.: Billy Wilder (1906 - 2002)
Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with. You may not like what you find. In that case you are entitled to try to change it. But do not deceive yourself as to what you do find to be the facts of the situation.: Bernard M. Baruch (1870 - 1965)
Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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Too much of a good thing is wonderful.: Mae West (1892 - 1980)
The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence.: Joan Baez (1941 - )
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Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.: Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
No one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually met with.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Pride and Prejudice, 1811
When I was younger I thought success was something different. I thought, " When I grow up, I want to be famous. I want to be a star. I want to be in movies. When I grow up I want to see the world, drive nice cars. I want to have groupies." But my idea of success is different today. For me, the most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and not to give into peer pressure, to try to be something that you're not. To live your life as an honest and compassionate person. To contribute in some way.: Ellen DeGeneres, Tulane Commencement Speech, 2009
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There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes.: Doctor Who
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My marriage had its ups and downs like anyone's, but when it came down to it, I knew it was solid. I miss that sort of security, and that sort of connection with someone.: John Scalzi, Old Man's War, 2005
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Never tell a man you can read him through and through; most people prefer to be thought enigmas.: Marchioness Townsend
So little time and so little to do.: Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
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Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life.: Robert Byrne
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Don't look for more honor than your learning merits.: Jewish Proverb
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