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We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.: Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), speech in the House of Commons, July 14, 1940
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The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away.: Dag Hammarskjold (1905 - 1961)
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It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment.: Freeman Dyson (1923 - )
I took a speed reading course and read 'War and Peace' in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.: Michael Pritchard
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Who is more busy than he who hath least to do?: John Clarke, Paroemiologia Anglo-Latina, 1639
I gotta work out. I keep saying it all the time. I keep saying I gotta start working out. It's been about two months since I've worked out. And I just don't have the time. Which uh..is odd. Because I have the time to go out to dinner. And uh..and watch tv. And get a bone density test. And uh.. try to figure out what my phone number spells in words.: Ellen DeGeneres
A person has three choices in life. You can swim against the tide and get exhausted, or you can tread water and let the tide sweep you away, or you can swim with the tide, and let it take you where it wants you to go.: Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Northern Lights, 1993
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We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex--but Congress can.: Cullen Hightower
The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.: Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.: G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
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Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Notebooks (1935)
Acting like someone you're not is exactly what it takes to realize you're capable of more than you ever knew.: Rob Sheridan, Mad Love, The Young and The Reckless, 2011
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It is well to give when asked but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.: Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931), 'On Giving,' The Prophet, 1923
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Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It's much sexier than any body part.: Aimee Mullins, Oprah Magazine, May 2004
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I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.: Terry Pratchett
Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.: Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
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Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have.: Doris Mortman
TV is chewing gum for the eyes.: Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 - 1959)
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