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It can be a real struggle to accept that sometimes appearance can be more important than talent or intelligence.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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People who ask our advice almost never take it. Yet we should never refuse to give it, upon request, for it often helps us to see our own way more clearly.: Brendan Francis
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When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less.: Paul Brown (1908 - 1991)
All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.: Chuck Palahniuk (1962 - ), Invisible Monsters, 1999
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The more you chase money, the harder it is to catch it.: Mike Tatum, Cashing In or Selling Out, SXSW 2006
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Life is too complicated not to be orderly.: Martha Stewart, quoted in Harper's Bazaar
Better by far you should forget and smile than you should remember and be sad.: Christina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their language.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin.: John Green (1977 - ), The Fault in Our Stars, 2012
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A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.: Jessamyn West (1902 - 1984)
The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.: Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755 - 1826), Physiologie du Gout, 1825
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Prefer loss to the wealth of dishonest gain; the former vexes you for a time; the latter will bring you lasting remorse.: Chilo
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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren.: William Henry Hudson (1841 - 1922), Afoot in England, 1909
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Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.: Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)
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Every day we do things, we are things that have to do with peace. If we are aware of our life..., our way of looking at things, we will know how to make peace right in the moment, we are alive.: Thich Nhat Hanh
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I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.: Peter De Vries
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If I've learned one thing in the 14 years I've been a full-time cartoonist, it's that you can not let anyone else define your professionalism. It has to be a personal ethos to which you adhere despite third party influence or acceptance. The old measuring sticks for professionalism are going away and now more than ever it's time for independent creatives to set the bar. Set it high.: Scott R. Kurtz, PvPonline, 11-28-2011
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It’s such a part of me, I assume Everyone can see it.: Hugh Elliott, Standing Room Only weblog, 02-09-05