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By learning to discover and value our ordinariness, we nurture a friendliness toward ourselves and the world that is the essence of a healthy soul.: Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)
Remember, no matter where you go, there you are.: Earl Mac Rauch, from "Buckaroo Bansai"
There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime.: Maxwell Anderson (1888 - 1959)
Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.: J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904 - 1967), speaking of Albert Einstein
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Givers have to set limits because takers rarely do.: Irma Kurtz, Cosmopolitan Magazine, September 2003
People who are 'ready' give off a different vibe than people who aren't. Animals can smell fear; maybe that's it. The minute you become ready is the the minute you stop dreaming. Suddenly it's no longer about 'becoming'. Suddenly it's about 'doing'.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 28. Power is never given. Power is taken., 08-22-04
Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box.: Italian Proverb
There comes a point in life when you realize everything you know about yourself, it's all just conditioning. It's the rare man who truly know who he is.: Brian Buckner, True Blood, Plaisir d'amour, 2008
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
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If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm.: Elizabeth Bowen (1899 - 1973)
You're never too old to become younger.: Mae West (1892 - 1980)
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When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.: C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963)
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I know of only one bird - the parrot - that talks; and it can't fly very high.: Wilbur Wright (1867 - 1912), declining to make a speech in 1908
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The best way to get people to like you is not to like them too much.: John Green, An Abundance of Katherines, 2008
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Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.: James F. Byrnes (1879 - 1972)
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You don't need fancy highbrow traditions or money to really learn. You just need people with the desire to better themselves.: Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, Accepted, 2006
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.: George Washington (1732 - 1799), letter to his niece Harriet Washington, October 30, 1791
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.: The Dalai Lama (1935 - )
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As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep.: George Best