Random Quotations

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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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Fran Lebowitz (1950 - ), Metropolitan Life, 1978
Man is what he believes.
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Anton Chekhov (1860 - 1904)
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
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Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)
No matter how big the glam squad, or how dramatic the dress, sometimes things just don’t work out.
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Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle.
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Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
Never tell evil of a man, if you do not know it for certainty, and if you know it for a certainty, then ask yourself, 'Why should I tell it?'
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Johann K. Lavater
You can take from every experience what it has to offer you. And you cannot be defeated if you just keep taking one breath followed by another.
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Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, What I Know For Sure, January 2004
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark places where it leads.
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Erica Jong
Until you walk a mile in another man's moccasins you can't imagine the smell.
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Robert Byrne
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.
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Soren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855)
There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.
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Henry Kissinger (1923 - )
We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck... But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness.
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Ellen Goodman (1941 - )
For you to be successful, sacrifices must be made. It's better that they are made by others but failing that, you'll have to make them yourself.
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Rita Mae Brown
If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.
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Doug Larson
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.
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George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.
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Carol Burnett (1936 - )
Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.
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Lily Tomlin (1939 - )
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
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Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
You better live your best and act your best and think your best today, for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.
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Harriet Martineau (1802 - 1876)
The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.
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William Faulkner (1897 - 1962)
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MM's Cynical Quotes LM's Motivational Quotes Classic Quotes
Cole's Quotables Rand Lindsly's Quotes Poor Man's College
alt.quotations Archives 20th Century Quotations Quotations by Women
The Devil's Dictionary Contributed Quotations

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