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You gotta dream? You gotta protect it. People can't do somethin' themselves, they wanna tell you you can't do it. If you want somethin', go get it, period.
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Steven Conrad, Pursuit of Happyness, 2006
It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is fatal.
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Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.
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Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
The truth is that all of us attain the greatest success and happiness possible in this life whenever we use our native capacities to their greatest extent.
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Dr. Smiley Blanton
If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
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Herodotus (484 BC - 430 BC), The Histories of Herodotus
Silly is you in a natural state, and serious is something you have to do until you can get silly again.
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Mike Myers
One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy.
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Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
You can have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
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Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), quoted by Susan Litwin in 'TV Guide'
The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.
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Hazrat Inayat Khan
To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.
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George Orwell (1903 - 1950)
The only winner in the War of 1812 was Tchaikovsky.
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Solomon Short
Don't waste too much time trying' to be a better man, ' cause you ain't never gonna be one without a good woman.
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Mark Roberts, Mike & Molly, Peggy's New Beau, May 16, 2011
A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.
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Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974), Goldwyn's Law of Contracts
Believe nothing against another but on good authority; and never report what may hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt to some other to conceal it.
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William Penn (1644 - 1718)
Turbulence is life force. It is opportunity. Let's love turbulence and use it for change.
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Ramsay Clark
There is no doubt that the first requirement for a composer is to be dead.
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Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)
I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.
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Jules Renard (1864 - 1910)
I detest life-insurance agents; they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.
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Stephen Leacock (1869 - 1944)
The trouble with America is that there are far too many wide-open spaces surrounded by teeth.
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Charles Luckman
Be bold and mighty powers will come to your aid.
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Basil King
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MM's Cynical Quotes LM's Motivational Quotes Classic Quotes
Cole's Quotables Rand Lindsly's Quotes Poor Man's College
alt.quotations Archives 20th Century Quotations Quotations by Women
The Devil's Dictionary Contributed Quotations

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