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Never expose yourself unnecessarily to danger; a miracle may not save you...and if it does, it will be deducted from your share of luck or merit.: The Talmud
When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we are to each other.: Margaret Wheatley
If I was more complacent and I let things slide, my life would be easier, but you all wouldn't be as entertained. My misery is your pleasure.: Kanye West, Rolling Stone, 2006
Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together....: Carl Zwanzig
Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold.: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks!: Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
I think there's a god and I know it's not me.: Michael J. Fox (1961 - ), Good Housekeeping, June 2011
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For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude.: Clarence E. Hodges
Advertisements... contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), Letter to Nathaniel Macon, January 12, 1819
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When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.: Clifton Fadiman (1904 - 1999)
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You only live once - but if you work it right, once is enough.: Joe E. Lewis
What you look like on the outside is not what makes you cool at all. I mean, I had a mullet and wore parachute pants for a long, long time, and I'm doin' okay.: Ellen DeGeneres, The Ellen Show, 05-17-13
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A superstition is a premature explanation that overstays its time.: George Iles
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I took a speed reading course and read 'War and Peace' in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth.: Jewish Proverb
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They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.: Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987), The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
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Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities.: William Bridges
Hold a book in your hand and you're a pilgrim at the gates of a new city.: Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces
You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers. You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Razor's Edge, 1943
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When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the force of conviction.: Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
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