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Antonym, n.: The opposite of the word you're trying to think of.: Unknown
When weight loss becomes a goal in your life, eating right and exercising are just two pieces of the puzzle. Figuring out why you've put on the extra weight is the hardest part.: Ali Vincent, Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life, 2009
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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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No matter how much pressure you feel at work, if you could find ways to relax for at least five minutes every hour, you'd be more productive.: Dr. Joyce Brothers (1928 - )
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Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.: Muhammad Ali (1942 - ), "More Than a Hero"
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Worrying helps you some—it seems as if you were doing something when you're worrying.: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone.: Suzanne Gordon, Lonely in America, 1976
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Writing well means never having to say, 'I guess you had to be there.': Jef Mallett, Frazz, 07-29-07
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Unfortunately sometimes one can't do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Razor's Edge, 1943
Boyhood, like measles, is one of those complaints which a man should catch young and have done with, for when it comes in middle life it is apt to be serious.: P. G. Wodehouse (1881 - 1975), Uneasy Money
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I guess that's how death works. It doesn't matter if we're ready or not. It just happens.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive, 11-29-2006
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The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no more respect than he exacts.: William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830)
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Dreams alone aren't enough to make your belly full.: Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.: Sam Rayburn (1882 - 1961)
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Seek simplicity, and distrust it.: Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)
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Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties.: Doug Larson
The squeaking wheel doesn't always get the grease. Sometimes it gets replaced.: Vic Gold
We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words.: Anna Sewell (1820 - 1878), Black Beauty, 1877
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We are the people our parents warned us about.: Jimmy Buffett