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Things are seldom what they seem, skim milk masquerades as cream.: W. S. Gilbert (1836 - 1911)
Doubting God's existence is okay and perfectly acceptable within Christianity as long as the person doubting remains obedient and committed to the Christian path.: Gordon Atkinson, Real Live Preacher weblog, 06-10-04
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This book fills a much-needed gap.: Moses Hadas (1900 - 1966)
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O that a man might know the end of this day's business ere it come!: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Julius Caesar, 1599-1600
I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it.: Marie de Sevigne, O Magazine, December 2003
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To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun?: Katharine Graham
Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.: Margaret Lee Runbeck
I still need more healthy rest in order to work at my best. My health is the main capital I have and I want to administer it intelligently.: Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961)
...happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health.: Henri-Frédéric Amiel
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The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.: Ursula K. LeGuin
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Assumptions are the termites of relationships.: Henry Winkler (1945 - )
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
I say luck is when an opportunity comes along, and you're prepared for it.: Denzel Washington (1954 - )
Partake of some of life's sweet pleasures. And yes, get comfortable with yourself.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine
Vigorous writing is concise.: William Strunk Jr., "The Elements of Style", 1919
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Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.: Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)
Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
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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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