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I have just returned from Boston. It is the only sane thing to do if you find yourself up there.: Fred Allen (1894 - 1956), in a letter to Groucho Marx, 1953
Beware of undertaking too much at the start. Be content with quite a little. Allow for accidents. Allow for human nature, especially your own.: Arnold Bennett
If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to get leisure.: Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
Without the capacity to provide its own information, the mind drifts into randomness.: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, 1990
Here and there, human nature may be great in times of trial; but generally speaking, it is its weakness and not its strength that appears in a sick chamber: it is selfishness and impatience rather than generosity and fortitude, that one hears of. There is so little real friendship in the world! and unfortunately, there are so many who forget to think seriously till it is almost too late.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
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When you point your finger at someone, three fingers are pointing back at you.: Anonymous
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.: Latin Proverb
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Look like a girl, act like a lady, think like a man and work like a dog.: Caroline K. Simon
Time sneaks up on you like a windshield on a bug.: John Lithgow
It may make your blood boil and your mind may not be changed, but the practice of listening to opposing views is essential for effective citizenship. It is essential for our democracy.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), University of Michigan Commencement, 2010
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The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.: Lucille Ball (1911 - 1989)
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There is no old age. There is, as there always was, just you.: Carol Matthau, O Magazine, October 2003
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Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you.: Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773)
Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.: Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969)
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.: Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.: Gore Vidal (1925 - )
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My focus has always been on talent over looks. This theme of people putting an emphasis on looks first has been a constant reminder throughout my life that most people don’t see things in the same way that I do.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.: Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989)
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