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Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.: J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2003
I believe love is primarily a choice and only sometimes a feeling. If you want to feel love, choose to love and be patient.: Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, December 16, 2002
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To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.: Bruce Lee (1940 - 1973), Tao of Jeet Kune Do
[Water is] the only drink for a wise man.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
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I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me.: Dave Barry (1947 - )
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Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little.: Joe Martin, Porterfield
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Crime does not pay ... as well as politics.: Alfred E. Newman
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Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
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Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never.: Marguerite de Valois
I once read cooking is something you do for your family. But when you’re alone you sometimes have to treat yourself like family. And now that my apartment’s redolent with the smell of food it feels more like a home than a box where I hang my hat.: Waiter Rant, Waiter Rant, 01-10-10
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You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.: Malcolm X (1925 - 1965), Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
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The enthusiasm of a woman's love is even beyond the biographer's.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Mansfield Park
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What is most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine.: Susan Sontag (1933 - 2004), Against Interpretation, 1966
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It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
I believe in recovery, and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.: Ann Richards
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.: Jean Rostand (1894 - 1977), Journal of a Character, 1931
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It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.: Roberto Benigni (1952 - ), in Newsweek
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The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.: Carl Jung (1875 - 1961)
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My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything - even if you have no clue what you're doing.: Jessica Alba