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I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.: E. V. Lucas
To resist the frigidity of old age one must combine the body, the mind and the heart - and to keep them in parallel vigor one must exercise, study and love.: Karl von Bonstetten
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We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.: Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)
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There comes a time in every man's life and I've had many of them.: Casey Stengel (1890 - 1975)
Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.: Nathaniel Branden
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Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!: Jerry Van Amerongen, Ballard Street, 08-18-05
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Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.: Ezra Pound (1885 - 1972)
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There is no Them, there is only Us. Some of Us think this or some of Us think that, but we're all Us.: Lisa Williams, Us and Them: A Blog Conversation Survival Guide, SXSW 2006
If it doesn't feel right, don't do it. That's the lesson. That lesson alone, will save you a lot of grief. Even doubt means don't.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2008
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A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.: Jeff Bezos (1964 - )
You know everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), New York Times Aug. 31 1924
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I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.: Margaret Mead (1901 - 1978)
Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people.: Mario Puzo (1920 - 1999), 'The Godfather'
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If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves there wouldn't be enough to go around.: Christina Stead (1903 - 1983), House of All Nations (1938) "Credo"
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In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning.: George Orwell (1903 - 1950), "Politics and the English Language", 1946
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Anger as soon as fed is dead- 'Tis starving makes it fat.: Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), Poems, Second Series, 1891
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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.: Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962), 'This Is My Story,' 1937
But pain... seems to me an insufficient reason not to embrace life. Being dead is quite painless. Pain, like time, is going to come on regardless. Question is, what glorious moments can you win from life in addition to the pain?: Lois McMaster Bujold, "Barrayar", 1991
The only place where success comes before work is a dictionary.: Vidal Sassoon