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The trouble in corporate America is that too many people with too much power live in a box (their home), then travel the same road every day to another box (their office).: Faith Popcorn, The Popcorn Report, 1991
Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny.: Paul Tillich (1886 - 1965)
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There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you.: Peter De Vries
I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.: Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), on the eve of his 75th birthday
It is not giving children more that spoils them; it is giving them more to avoid confrontation.: John Gray, "Children Are From Heaven"
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The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
Not every story has explosions and car chases. That's why they have nudity and espionage.: Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum, Unshelved, 09-14-08
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Each handicap is like a hurdle in a steeplechase, and when you ride up to it, if you throw your heart over, the horse will go along, too.: Lawrence Bixby
Poetry often enters through the window of irrelevance.: M. C. Richards
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Truth has beauty, power and necessity.: Sylvia Ashton-Warner
The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.: Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964)
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I learned an important lesson in the art of debate. Present your argument clearly, arm yourself with cutting wit and of course, bob and weave!: Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
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Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.: Madonna (1958 - )
You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.: Julia Child (1912 - 2004)
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My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
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Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.: Edith Sitwell (1887 - 1964)
Nothing like a lot of exercise to make you realize you'd rather be lazy and dead sooner.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive, Casting Call, 10-21-13
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Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.: Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993)
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Time is that quality of nature which keeps events from happening all at once. Lately it doesn't seem to be working.: Anonymous
Maybe it's what's inside that counts, but being told you look good feels good!: Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005