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I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
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Our envy of others devours us most of all.: Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918 - )
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There is some magic in wealth, which can thus make persons pay their court to it, when it does not even benefit themselves. How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty!: Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
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And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.: Earl Mac Rauch, from "Buckaroo Bansai"
I am going to concentrate on what's important in life. I'm going to strive everyday to be a kind and generous and loving person. I'm going to keep death right here, so that anytime I even think about getting angry at you or anybody else, I'll see death and I'll remember.: Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Do The Right Thing, 1992
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If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent.: Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727)
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You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.: Dale Carnegie
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Every pilot needs a co-pilot, and let me tell you, it is awful nice to have someone sitting there beside you, especially when you hit some bumpy air.: Eric Wald, View From The Top, 2003
In the end, everything is a gag.: Charlie Chaplin (1889 - 1977)
Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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I always like a good math solution to any love problem.: Michael Patrick King, Sex and the City, Take Me Out To The Ballgame, 1999
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You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.: Meryl Streep (1949 - ), Barnard Commencement Speech, 2010
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A cult is a religion with no political power.: Tom Wolfe (1931 - )
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In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts. You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great?: Kanye West, Rolling Stone, 2006
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Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had.: Michael Crichton (1942 - 2008), Caltech Michelin Lecture, January 17, 2003
'Taint't worthwhile to wear a day all out before it comes.: Sarah Orne Jewett (1849 - 1909), The Country of the Pointed Firs, 1896
The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt.: Rene Descartes (1596 - 1650), 'Le Discours de la Methode,' 1637
The palest ink is better than the best memory.: Chinese Proverb
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Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to a better understanding of ourselves.: Carl Jung (1875 - 1961)
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