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A satirist is a man who discovers unpleasant things about himself and then says them about other people.: Peter McArthur
I don’t think anyone can DO anything that would make him worthy of love. Love is a gift and cannot be earned. It can only be given.: Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, January 20, 2003
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The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed.: Gordon Parks
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, September 2002
It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.: Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
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Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare.: John Dryden (1631 - 1700)
I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.: Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. (1900 - 1965), Speech during 1952 Presidential Campaign
Acts of sacrifice and decency without regard to what's in it for you create ripple effects. Ones that lift up families and communities, that spread opportunity and boost our economy.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), Arizona State Commencement Speech, 2009
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Luck is the residue of design.: Branch Rickey (1881 - 1965), Lecture title, 1950
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The first rule of life is to reveal nothing, to be exceptionally cautious in what you say, in whatever company you may find yourself. If you have a secret, you have only to whisper it to your dearest friend with the strictest injunction that it will go no further, and within half a day the story is all over town, and when you do make what would seem to be a perfectly sensible remark, you will find it reported in the most grotesque form, thus incurring no end of criticism to rebound upon you.: Elizabeth Aston, The Darcy Connection, 2008
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Life is just a bowl of pits.: Rodney Dangerfield (1921 - 2004)
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There is only one real deprivation, I decided this morning, and that is not to be able to give one's gifts to those one loves most.: May Sarton
Fathers send their sons to college either because they went to college or because they didn't.: L. L. Henderson
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It's a dangerous business going out your front door.: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), The Fellowship of the Ring
I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.: George Burns (1896 - 1996)
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Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism. For the record, it’s my least favorite quality. It doesn’t lead anywhere.: Conan O'Brien, Final Tonight Show Speech, 2010
The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation.: George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
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Such friendship at once enhances the lustre of prosperity, and by dividing and sharing adversity lessens its burden.: Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), On Friendship, 44 B.C.
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Any ordinary favor we do for someone or any compassionate reaching out may seem to be going nowhere at first, but may be planting a seed we can't see right now. Sometimes we need to just do the best we can and then trust in an unfolding we can't design or ordain.: Sharon Salzberg, O Magazine, The Power of Intention, January 2004
Good writing takes more than just time; it wants your best moments and the best of you.: Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com weblog, 10-09-04
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