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What worries you masters you.: Haddon W. Robinson
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You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters.: Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), Dialogues, Theatetus
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Friends should always tell you the truth. But please don’t.: Louis C. K., Vanity Fair interview, 2013
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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.: Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)
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The mint makes it first, it is up to you to make it last.: Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
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A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.: Burt Bacharach (1928 - )
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.: Doug Larson
Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.: Saadi (1184 - 1291)
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Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.: John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801 - 1890)
You cannot be mad at somebody who makes you laugh - it's as simple as that.: Jay Leno (1950 - ), O Magazine, February 2003
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The important message I heard about working out and what I want to share is that you create your own opportunities and your own limitations.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.: Paul Tillich (1886 - 1965)
Actions lie louder than words.: Carolyn Wells
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The thing women have got to learn is that nobody gives you power. You just take it.: Roseanne Barr
The arts must be considered an essential element of education... They are tools for living life reflectively, joyfully and with the ability to shape the future.: Shirley Trusty Corey
Listen. Do not have an opinion while you listen because frankly, your opinion doesn't hold much water outside of Your Universe. Just listen. Listen until their brain has been twisted like a dripping towel and what they have to say is all over the floor.: Hugh Elliott, Standing Room Only weblog, 02-14-2003
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Stamina is utterly important. And stamina is only possible if it's managed well. People think all they need to do is endure one crazy, intense, job-free creative burst and their dreams will come true. They are wrong, they are stupidly wrong.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 3. Put the hours in., 08-22-04
Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion.: Kate Reid
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Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.: J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, 1999
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