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Never bear more than one trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds - all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have.: Edward Everett Hale (1822 - 1909)
Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus, but use all gently. For in the very torrent, tempest, and as I may say, whirlwind of passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), 'The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark,' Act III, scene ii
If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done.: Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)
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To be poor and dependent is very nearly an impossibility.: William Cobbett (1763 - 1835), Advice to Young Men, 1829
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Every artist was first an amateur.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), Letters and Social Aims: Progress of Culture, 1876
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Sometimes it seems like God is difficult to find and impossibly far away. We get so caught up in our small daily duties and irritations that they become the only things that we can focus on. What we forget is that God's love and beauty are all around us, every day, if only we would take the time to look up and see them.: Matthias, Correction Weblog, 11-01-03
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Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical.: Yogi Berra (1925 - )
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Actions lie louder than words.: Carolyn Wells
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When you build bridges you can keep crossing them.: Rick Pitino, Lead to Success
An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.: Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)
Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Mysticism and Logic (1917) ch. 4
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Remember! Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights - then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward. The great fact to remember is that the trend of civilization itself is forever upward, that a line drawn through the middle of the peaks and the valleys of the centuries always has an upward trend.: Endicott Peabody (1857 - 1944)
When I'm trusting and being myself... everything in my life reflects this by falling into place easily, often miraculously.: Shakti Gawain
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'Tis the most tender part of love, each other to forgive.: John Sheffield
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There is some comfort in dying surrounded by one's children.: Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
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First things first, but not necessarily in that order.: Doctor Who
All power corrupts, but we need the electricity.: Unknown
Then give to the world the best you have. And the best will come back to you.: Madeline Bridges, O Magazine, December 2003
The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.: Jules Renard (1864 - 1910)
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Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.: Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993)
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