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I love you the more that I believe you have liked me for my own sake and for nothing else.: John Keats (1795 - 1821)
A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.: Thomas Mann (1875 - 1955)
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Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.: Lily Tomlin (1939 - )
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Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It's much sexier than any body part.: Aimee Mullins, Oprah Magazine, May 2004
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A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.: Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted.: Steven Wright (1955 - )
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You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough.: Frank Crane
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I am more and more convinced that our happiness or unhappiness depends more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.: Alexander Humboldt (1769 - 1859)
There is no use in loving things if you have to be torn from them, is there? And it's so hard to keep from loving things, isn't it?: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.: Rabbi Abraham Heschel
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.: Elie Wiesel (1928 - )
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Part of being creative is learning how to protect your freedom. That includes freedom from avarice.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 31 Remain Frugal, 08-22-04
Being manipulative is dishonest and immature. We often end up having to make up more lies to cover for inconsistencies in our original manipulation. In addition, it sets a terrible example for our children. While it may solve your initial problem, the tangled web that grows from such dishonesty is more trouble than it’s worth.: Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011
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A little drama wins more friends than boring.: Scott Westerfeld, Midnighters: The Secret Hour, 2004
In democracy it's your vote that counts; In feudalism it's your count that votes.: Mogens Jallberg
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Words are a heavy thing...they weigh you down. If birds talked, they couldn't fly.: Sy Rosen and Christian Williams, Northern Exposure, On Your Own, 1992
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I live in the present due to the constraints of the Space-Time Continuum.: Hank Green
It was a book to kill time for those who like it better dead.: Dame Rose Macaulay (1881 - 1958)
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No one else can speak the words on your lips Drench yourself in words unspoken Live your life with arms wide open Today is where your book begins The rest is still unwritten: Natasha Bedingfield, Unwritten