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Be very circumspect in the choice of thy company. In the society of thine equals thou shalt enjoy more pleasure; in the society of thy superiors thou shalt find more profit. To be the best in the company is the way to grow worse.: Francis Quarles (1592 - 1644)
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Get all the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything.: Frank Dane
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Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine
Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.: Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969)
In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.: Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
Everything in the world may be endured except continued prosperity.: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Money is the opposite of the weather. Nobody talks about it, but everybody does something about it.: Rebecca Johnson, in 'Vogue'
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Rock and roll is the hamburger that ate the world.: Peter York
Good writing takes more than just time; it wants your best moments and the best of you.: Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com weblog, 10-09-04
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I learned an important lesson in the art of debate. Present your argument clearly, arm yourself with cutting wit and of course, bob and weave!: Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
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I didn't go to college at all, any college, and I'm not saying you wasted your time or money, but look at me, I'm a huge celebrity.: Ellen DeGeneres, Tulane Commencement Speech, 2009
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That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.: Doris Lessing
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I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don't understand.: Sir Edward Appleton (1892 - 1965)
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All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.: Sean O'Casey (1880 - 1964)
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Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true.: Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)
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Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.: Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
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A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top .: Unknown
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Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.: Eddie Rickenbacker (1890 - 1973)
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It's so much easier to write a resume than to craft a spirit.: Anna Quindlen (1953 - ), A Short Guide to a Happy Life, 2000