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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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When we are angry or depressed in our creativity, we have misplaced our power. We have allowed someone else to determine our worth, and then we are angry at being undervalued.: Julia Cameron, The Vein of Gold
I want to change the pop world one sequin at a time. Artists tend to take themselves way too seriously and don't enjoy the fun of making an impact on culture. I just have a good time and sequins represent a good time.: Lady Gaga (1986 - ), BBC Breakfast, 04-21-09
It is the loving, not the loved, woman who feels loveable.: Jessamyn West (1902 - 1984)
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), (attributed)
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If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love's reach.: Margaret Cho, weblog, 03-09-04
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Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether impossible.: Stanislaw Lem (1921 - 2006)
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Out of the strain of the Doing, Into the peace of the Done.: Julia Louise Woodruff, 'Harvest Home,' Sunday at Home, 1910
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.: T. S. Eliot (1888 - 1965)
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An honor is not diminished for being shared.: Lois McMaster Bujold, "Shards of Honor", 1986
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Why shouldn't things be largely absurd, futile, and transitory? They are so, and we are so, and they and we go very well together.: George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.: Carrie Fisher (1956 - )
Is love supposed to last throughout all time, or is it like trains changing at random stops. If I loved her, how could I leave her? If I felt that way then, how come I don't feel anything now?: Jeff Melvoin, Northern Exposure, Altered Egos, 1993
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The real distinction is between those who adapt their purposes to reality and those who seek to mold reality in the light of their purposes.: Henry Kissinger (1923 - )
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Moments of kindness and reconciliation are worth having, even if the parting has to come sooner or later.: Alice Munro
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Try to put your happiness before anyone else's, because you may never have done so in your entire life, if you really think about it, if you are really honest with yourself.: Margaret Cho, weblog, 03-11-04
After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956), on Shakespeare
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Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.: Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
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Dance like it hurts, Love like you need money, Work when people are watching.: Scott Adams (1957 - ), The Way of the Weasel