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Nobody speaks the truth when there's something they must have.: Elizabeth Bowen (1899 - 1973)
The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.: Plutarch (46 AD - 120 AD)
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There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.: Martha Graham (1894 - 1991)
Be bold and mighty powers will come to your aid.: Basil King
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
You threaten to punch someone in the face, what do they do? They duck. You try to punch 'em in the wallet and they always open up.: Howard Gordon and Evan Katz, Awake, Ricky's Tacos, April 2012
Oh, darling, let your body in, let it tie you in, in comfort.: Anne Sexton (1928 - 1974)
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You can't please all of the people all of the time, and last night all of those people came to my show.: Mitch Hedberg (1968 - 2005), stand-up
Mix a little foolishness with your prudence: It's good to be silly at the right moment.: Horace (65 BC - 8 BC)
When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: admit it, learn from it, and don't repeat it.: Paul "Bear" Bryant, I Ain't Never Been Nothing but a Winner
Like threads of silver seen through crystal beads Let love through good deeds show.: Edwin Arnold
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The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), What Is Man? (1906)
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.: Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)
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In this life we get only those things for which we hunt, for which we strive, and for which we are willing to sacrifice.: George Matthew Adams
Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.: Audre Lorde
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This above all: to thine own self be true; And it must follow, as the night the day; Thou canst not then be false to any man.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), 'Hamlet,' Act I, Scene iii
Question how much freedom your path affords you. Be utterly ruthless about it. It's your freedom that will get you to where you want to go.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 11, 08-22-04
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.: Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
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It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.: Al Franken, 'Stuart Saves His Family'
Grief does not change you, it reveals you.: John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, 2012
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