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You don't become great by trying to be great. You become great by wanting to do something, and then doing it so hard that you become great in the process.: Randall Munroe, xkcd, Marie Curie, 2011
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The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children.: Elain Heffner, O Magazine, May 2003
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Man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that great gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creature is born.: Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821 - 1881), "The Brothers Karamazov"
It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), 'Treasury for the Free World,' 1946
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Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778), Candide, 1759
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The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.: Havelock Ellis (1859 - 1939)
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Politics has never been for the thin-skinned or the faint of heart, and if you enter the arena , you should expect to get roughed up. Moreover, Democracy in a nation of more than 300 million people is inherently difficult.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), University of Michigan Commencement, 2010
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I might repeat to myself slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound - if I can remember any of the damn things.: Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)
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It is confidence in our bodies, minds and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures, new directions to grow in, and new lessons to learn - which is what life is all about.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Oprah Magazine, May 2004
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A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!: Louise Bogan
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There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.: Steven Wright (1955 - )
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I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.: Dorothy Day (1897 - 1980), The Long Loneliness, 1952
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Joy is prayer - Joy is strength - Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.: Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997)
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As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.: William James (1842 - 1910)
The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine
You cannot be really first-rate at your work if your work is all you are.: Anna Quindlen (1953 - ), A Short Guide to a Happy Life, 2000
One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.: Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989)
I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose... it'll be much harder to detect.: George Carlin (1937 - 2008)