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Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.: Sir Thomas Beecham (1879 - 1961)
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Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.: Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
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Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
Is love supposed to last throughout all time, or is it like trains changing at random stops. If I loved her, how could I leave her? If I felt that way then, how come I don't feel anything now?: Jeff Melvoin, Northern Exposure, Altered Egos, 1993
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Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.: Lucille Ball (1911 - 1989)
It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
In the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice, and often the good suffer, and often the wicked prosper, and one hardly knows which of those is the more annoying.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
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A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.: Ring Lardner (1885 - 1933), "How to Write Short Stories"
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Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about.: Lynn Johnston (1947 - ), For Better or For Worse, 11-06-03
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The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.: Russell Baker (1925 - )
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.: Bill Cosby (1937 - )
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Creative work is play. It is free speculation using materials of one's chosen form.: Stephen Nachmanovitch
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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.: Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)
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If you can’t take responsibility for your own well-being, you will never take control over it.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.: Walter Anderson
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A house that does not have one worn, comfy chair in it is soulless.: May Sarton
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Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes.: Mickey Mouse (1928 - )
There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting.: David Letterman (1947 - )
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Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties.: Doug Larson