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I bid him look into the lives of men as though into a mirror, and from others to take an example for himself.: Terence (185 BC - 159 BC)
Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest.: Marilyn Ferguson, The Aquarian Conspiracy, 1980
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Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
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Everything we do really is just a little marker on the long road to death. And sometimes that's overwhelmingly depressing to me, and sometimes it makes me feel kinship and forgiveness. We've all got the same ending to the story. The way we make that story more elaborate, I got to respect.: Joss Whedon, Entertainment Weekly, 08-30-13
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Well done is better than well said.: Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), "On Reading and Writing"
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I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there.: Richard Feynman (1918 - 1988), Letter to Armando Garcia J, December 11, 1985
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The prospect of a long day at the beach makes me panic. There is no harder work I can think of than taking myself off to somewhere pleasant, where I am forced to stay for hours and 'have fun'.: Phillip Lopate
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.: Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
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Famous I don't know about. It's hard to be famous and alive. I just want to play music every day and hear someone say, 'Thanks, that was great, here's some money, same time tomorrow, okay?': Terry Pratchett, Soul Music, page 151
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We do not believe if we do not live and work according to our belief.: Heidi Wills
If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.: Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937)
I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.: Tom Stoppard (1937 - )
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Making excuses is not going to get me any closer to my goals.: Ali Vincent, Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life, 2009
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An honor is not diminished for being shared.: Lois McMaster Bujold, "Shards of Honor", 1986
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I've accepted that I'm not going to die of natural causes, [but] getting killed 'cuz you're naturally a dick seems like natural causes to me.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive, Natural Causes, 06-07-13
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Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.: Frank Tyger
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How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.: Anne Frank (1929 - 1945), Diary of a Young Girl, 1952
I was walking down the street wearing glasses when the prescription ran out.: Steven Wright (1955 - )
Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.: Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)