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Imagination is more important than knowledge...: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
There is no remedy for love but to love more.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Journal, July 25, 1839
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Failure is not the only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.: Jules Renard (1864 - 1910)
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We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.: Quentin Crisp
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My friend is one... who take me for what I am.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
Trouble is part of your life, and if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough.: Dinah Shore (1917 - 1994)
A harbor, even if it is a little harbor, is a good thing... It takes something from the world, and has something to give in return.: Sarah Orne Jewett (1849 - 1909)
The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity.: John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Speech in Indianapolis, April 12, 1959
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What I look forward to is continued immaturity followed by death.: Dave Barry (1947 - )
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There are two kinds of people, those who finish what they start and so on.: Robert Byrne
Journalism is just a gun. It's only got one bullet in it, but if you aim right, that's all you need. Aim it right and you can blow a kneecap off the world.: Warren Ellis, Transmetropolitan: Back On The Street
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A kleptomaniac is a person who helps himself because he can't help himself.: Henry Morgan
Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.: R. Buckminster Fuller (1895 - 1983), Interview, April 30, 1978
To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
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When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Mark Twain's Autobiography
The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.: Alan Patrick Herbert
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It’s such a part of me, I assume Everyone can see it.: Hugh Elliott, Standing Room Only weblog, 02-09-05
Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week.: Alice Walker (1944 - ), "In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens"