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The customer doesn't expect everything will go right all the time; the big test is what you do when things go wrong.: Sir Colin Marshall
By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.: Grenville Kleiser
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I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it.: G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
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The power of illustrative anecdotes often lies not in how well they present reality, but in how well they reflect the core beliefs of their audience.: David P. Mikkelson, Snopes.com, 04-10-04
To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.: J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 1997
You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.: Senator Patrick Leahy (1940 - ), May 1990
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There is no silver bullet and frankly you probably don’t need one. It is far more important to be able to find the right kind of gun, be able to load the gun … and perhaps most importantly, be able to figure out where the werewolf is.: Matthew Oliphant, Useability Works, 03-22-2006
We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.: Agnes Repplier (1855 - 1950), Americans and Others, 1912
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You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.: Lydia M. Child
It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.: Al Franken, 'Stuart Saves His Family'
I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.: Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
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My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.: Christopher Morley (1890 - 1957)
Make voyages! - Attempt them! - there's nothing else...: Tennessee Williams (1911 - 1983), Camino Real
Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.: Tom Stoppard (1937 - ), "Artist Descending a Staircase"
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I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.: Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933)
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I don't want to talk as much. It's nicer to think dear, pretty thoughts and keep them in one's heart, like treasures. I don't like to have them laughed at or wondered over.: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.: Franklin P. Adams (1881 - 1960)
I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that uses the foolish expression. A person not only ticks, he also chimes and strikes the hour, falls and breaks and has to be put together again, and sometimes stops like an electric clock in a thunderstorm.: James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
Be contented when you have got all you want.: Holbrook Jackson
All things must change to something new, to something strange.: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)