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There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.: Alfred Korzybski (1879 - 1950)
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I shall not pretend that I do not prefer to have people adore me rather than revile me, but I have always found that it was far easier for me to suffer the disapprobation of others than to amend my behaviour in order to find favour with them.: Kathryn L. Nelson, Pemberley Manor, 2006
Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
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Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.: Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - ), "Profiles of The Future", 1961 (Clarke's third law)
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I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.: E. B. White (1899 - 1985)
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Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.: Ezra Pound (1885 - 1972)
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Even with the best of maps and instruments, we can never fully chart our journeys.: Gail Pool
When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Mark Twain's Autobiography
Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.: M. Scott Peck, O Magazine, February 2004
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No one travelling on a business trip would be missed if he failed to arrive.: Thorstein Veblen (1857 - 1929)
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I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.: Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924)
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In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it.: Francis Thompson (1859 - 1907)
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To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.: e e cummings (1894 - 1962)
After twelve years of therapy my psychiatrist said something that brought tears to my eyes. He said, 'No hablo ingles.': Ronnie Shakes
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.: Lucille Ball (1911 - 1989)
My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - )
Our heroes are those... who... act above and beyond the call of duty and in so doing give definition to patriotism and elevate all of us.... America is the land of the free because we are the home of the brave.: David Mahoney
How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.: Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881), Speech at the House of Commons, January 24, 1860
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Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.: Bill Cosby (1937 - )
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