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Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.: James Bryant Conant (1893 - 1978)
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.: Agnes Repplier (1855 - 1950)
You may delay, but time will not.: Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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It's very hard to take yourself too seriously when you look at the world from outer space.: Thomas K. Mattingly II
See what will happen if you don't stop biting your fingernails?: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), to his niece on seeing the Venus de Milo
Ahhh. A man with a sharp wit. Someone ought to take it away from him before he cuts himself.: Peter da Silva
Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.: Jerry Garcia, (of the Grateful Dead)
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.: John Muir (1838 - 1914), Our National Parks, 1901
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I have never thought of writing as hard work, but I have worked hard to find a voice.: Randy Pausch, Carnegie Mellon Commencement Speech, 2008
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The only gift is a portion of thyself.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
Nobody speaks the truth when there's something they must have.: Elizabeth Bowen (1899 - 1973)
The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.: E. B. White (1899 - 1985)
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and Jill a rich widow.: Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.: Frank Moore Colby
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You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.: Senator Patrick Leahy (1940 - ), May 1990
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It is just the little touches after the average man would quit that make the master's fame.: Orison Swett Marden (1850 - 1924)
Let not the sands of time get in your lunch.: National Lampoon, "Deteriorata"
Time has a wonderful way of showing us what really matters.: Margaret Peters
How we treasure (and admire) the people who acknowledge us!: Julie Morgenstern, O Magazine, Belatedly Yours, January 2004
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