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He who boasts of his ancestry is praising the deeds of another.: Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD), 'Hercules Furens,' 100 A.D.
If you really want to do something, you do it. You don't save it for a sound bite.: Liz Friedman, House M.D., Hunting, 2005
Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working.: Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
The Past is to be respected and acknoledged, but not to be worshiped. It is our future in which we will find our greatness.: Pierre Trudeau (1919 - 2000)
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Sometimes when you look in his eyes you get the feeling that someone else is driving.: David Letterman (1947 - )
Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.: Franklin P. Adams (1881 - 1960), Nods and Becks, 1944
One person can have a profound effect on another. And two people...well, two people can work miracles. They can change a whole town. They can change the world.: Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Cicely, 1992
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.: George Eliot (1819 - 1880)
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Cherish each hour of this day for it can never return.: Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
A full cup must be carried steadily.: English Proverb
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People often write me and ask how I keep my wood floors so clean when I live with a child and a dog, and my answer is that I use a technique called Suffering From a Mental Illness.: Heather Armstrong, Dooce, 07-07-06
Be a fountain, not a drain.: Rex Hudler, quoted in 'Sports Illustrated'
The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.: Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
Be life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for.: David Starr Jordan (1851 - 1931)
The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.: Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.: Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), Hocus Pocus
What's on your mind, if you will allow the overstatement?: Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.: Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962)
Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable.: John Patrick
I think it's always a good move to listen to that inner voice, if it doesn't lead to a crime.: Lisa Kudrow, Vasser Commencement Address, 2010