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Oregano is the spice of life.: Henry J. Tillman
Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one's own self.: Erich Fromm (1900 - 1980)
When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening, foreign entity, it ignores the fact that in our democracy, government is us.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), University of Michigan Commencement, 2010
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'Where and how can I make this meal better for me?' I asked myself that question before every meal—especially in the beginning.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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The worst thing of all is standing by when folks are doing something wrong.: Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky, 2006
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A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), (attributed)
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...happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health.: Henri-Frédéric Amiel
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In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), "Self Reliance"
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.: Paul Valery (1871 - 1945)
Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
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You better live your best and act your best and think your best today, for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.: Harriet Martineau (1802 - 1876)
Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.: Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)
Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in life.: Jean Paul Richter (1763 - 1825)
Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.: Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
Sometimes you feel other people's pain worse than your own. We're armored against our own troubles. We can't afford to give in to despair. Then you see someone else struggling, and it breaks your... heart.: Sean Stewart, Perfect Circle, 2004
Accept what people offer. Drink their milkshakes. Take their love.: Wally Lamb
Dressing up is inevitably a substitute for good ideas. It is no coincidence that technically inept business types are known as "suits.": Paul Graham, September 2004
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Every day we do things, we are things that have to do with peace. If we are aware of our life..., our way of looking at things, we will know how to make peace right in the moment, we are alive.: Thich Nhat Hanh
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For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.: Henri-Frédéric Amiel
Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.: Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962)