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Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.: Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (1893 - 1986), in Irving Good, The Scientist Speculates (1962)
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Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power.: Henry George (1839 - 1897)
The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956), 'Prejudices: Fourth Series,' 1924
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I stand in awe of my body.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
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It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Critic as Artist, 1891
The things that make us safest from others make us least from ourselves.: Danah Boyd, apophenia, 01-08-07
What's the difference between a boyfriend and a husband? About 30 pounds.: Cindy Gardner
Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.: Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.: Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.: Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974)
Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
I don't need a baby growing inside me for nine months. For one thing, there's morning sickness. If I'm going to feel nauseous and achy when I wake up, I want to achieve that state the old fashioned way: getting good and drunk the night before.: Ellen DeGeneres, My Point and I Do Have One
Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.: E. Joseph Cossman
We resent the thought that anything can please us when someone we love is no longer here to share the pleasure with us, and we almost feel as if we were unfaithful to our sorrow when we find our interest in life returning to us.: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.: Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.: Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)
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In Kyudo philosophy, you don't aim--you become one with the target. Then, in fact, there's nothing to aim at. I find it works well with women, too. Give it a try.: Martin Sage and Sybil Adelman, Northern Exposure, The Bumpy Road to Love, 1991
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.: Latin Proverb
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A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.: Ursula K. LeGuin
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