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The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it.: Doug Larson
A man can do all things if he but wills them.: Leon Battista Alberti (1404 - 1472)
So, let us not be blind to our differences - but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved.: John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
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The inner fire is the most important thing mankind possesses.: Edith Sodergran
Good order is the foundation of all things.: Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797), 'Reflections on the Revolution in France,' 1790
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.: Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
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Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest.: Marilyn Ferguson, The Aquarian Conspiracy, 1980
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For me, it's that I contributed, ... That I'm on this planet doing some good and making people happy. That's to me the most important thing, that my hour of television is positive and upbeat and an antidote for all the negative stuff going on in life.: Ellen DeGeneres
Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.: Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695)
That isn’t about money, fame, or power. It’s about will, dedication, commitment, and knowing your self-worth. You can be poor as dirt and have those traits. Money can’t buy you values. You just need to know what is important to you and then feel secure in your pursuit to achieve that.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.: Pliny the Elder (23 AD - 79 AD)
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The crux... is that the vast majority of the mass of the universe seems to be missing.: William J. Broad
The men the American public admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
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Nobody can tell you if what you're doing is good, meaningful or worthwhile. The more compelling the path, the more lonely it is.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 5, 08-22-04
Remember! Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights - then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward. The great fact to remember is that the trend of civilization itself is forever upward, that a line drawn through the middle of the peaks and the valleys of the centuries always has an upward trend.: Endicott Peabody (1857 - 1944)
We should manage our fortunes as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
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Only the shallow know themselves.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young, 1882
I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.: Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. (1900 - 1965), retort to a heckler asking him to state his beliefs, Time, November 1, 1963
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Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.: Daphne du Maurier (1907 - 1989)
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