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I am not dying, not anymore than any of us are at any moment. We run, hopefully as fast as we can, and then everyone must stop. We can only choose how we handle the race.: Hugh Elliott, Standing Room Only weblog comments, 06-11-04
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Acceptance is not a state of passivity or inaction. I am not saying you can't change the world, right wrongs, or replace evil with good. Acceptance is, in fact, the first step to successful action. If you don't fully accept a situation precisely the way it is, you will have difficulty changing it. Moreover, if you don't fully accept the situation, you will never really know if the situation should be changed.: Peter McWilliams, Life 101
The only time I ever really suffered in body or mind, the only time that I ever fancied myself unwell, or had any ideas of danger, was the winter that I passed by myself. As long as we could be together, nothing ever ailed me, and I never met with the smallest inconvenience.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
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Sometimes the laughter in mothering is the recognition of the ironies and absurdities. Sometime, though, it's just pure, unthinking delight.: Barbara Schapiro, O Magazine, May 2003
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If only corporal punishment cured low self-esteem.: Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content, She's A Bit of A Pout, author's note, 08-31-11
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.: Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), "Last Chance to See"
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It really doesn't matter if the person who hurt you deserves to be forgiven. Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. You have things to do and you want to move on.: Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, July 7, 2003
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The best way to compile inaccurate information that no one wants is to make it up.: Scott Adams (1957 - ), Dilbert, 07-12-09
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Living in a vacuum sucks.: Adrienne E. Gusoff
He who postpones the hour of living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.: Horace (65 BC - 8 BC)
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.: Abigail Adams (1744 - 1818), 1780
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Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
It’s really easy to complain. If you’re not careful, then you end up complaining about your whole life. Concentrating on the good things is really good. Catch people doing good.: Lisa Williams, Bloggers In Love, SXSW 2006
What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.: P. D. James, Time to Be in Earnest
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We resent the thought that anything can please us when someone we love is no longer here to share the pleasure with us, and we almost feel as if we were unfaithful to our sorrow when we find our interest in life returning to us.: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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I have come to realize that all my trouble with living has come from fear and smallness within me.: Angela L. Wozniak
Change, when it comes, cracks everything open.: Dorothy Allison, O Magazine, January 2004
One man practicing sportsmanship is better than a hundred teaching it.: Knute Rockne (1888 - 1931)
The universe may not always play fair, but at least it's got a hell of a sense of humor.: Michael Patrick King, Sex and the City
How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality.: Norman Douglas