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To try to be better is to be better.: Charlotte Cushman (1816 - 1876), quoted in O Magazine, December 2003
Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.: Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)
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If you can't do what you want, do what you can.: Lois McMaster Bujold, "Memory", 1996
When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.: Whoopi Goldberg
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Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach.: Pindar (522 BC - 443 BC), 518-438 B.C.
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Beware of too much laughter, for it deadens the mind and produces oblivion.: The Talmud
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That's the secret of entertaining. You make your guests feel welcome and at home. If you do that honestly, the rest takes care of itself.: Barbara Hall, Northern Exposure, Northern Hospitality, 1994
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The passions are the seeds of vices as well as of virtues, from which either may spring, accordingly as they are nurtured. Unhappy they who have never been taught the art to govern them!: Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
It is not advisable, James, to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener.: Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982), Atlas Shrugged, 1957
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Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.: Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951)
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Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)
Sometimes when you look in his eyes you get the feeling that someone else is driving.: David Letterman (1947 - )
Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
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You can question somebody's views and their judgment without questioning their motives or patriotism.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), University of Michigan Commencement, 2010
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He talked with more claret than clarity.: Susan Ertz
When life seems chaotic, you don't need people giving you easy answers or cheap promises. There might not be any answers to your problems. What you need is a safe place where you can bounce with people who have taken some bad hops of their own.: Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, August 12, 2003
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If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent.: Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727)
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People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.: Thich Nhat Hanh
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