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The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.: Bella Abzug (1920 - )
The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Pygmalion (1916) preface
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I am completely in charge of the choices I make about what I am doing to lose weight and get healthy. And you know what? We all have this power. Don’t be angry with me for something good I’ve done for myself. Be angry with yourself for not having the courage to do the same in your own life.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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Even the fear of death is nothing compared to the fear of not having lived authentically and fully.: Frances Moore Lappe, O Magazine, May 2004
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The one function TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were.: David Brinkley (1920 - 2003)
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It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to skin it.: Latin Proverb
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Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.: Robert Frost (1874 - 1963), The Black Cottage
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I'm beginning to believe it.: Clarence Darrow (1857 - 1938)
I celebrate myself, and sing myself.: Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), Song of Myself, 1855
If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.: Ted Turner
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The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool.: Jane Wagner
I phoned my dad to tell him I had stopped smoking. He called me a quitter.: Steven Pearl
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.: Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744), Letter to Gay, October 6, 1727
You learn a lot about people when you play games with them.: Laura Moncur (1969 - ), Pick Me! 02-11-09
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One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 - 1799)
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I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.: August Strindberg (1849 - 1912), A Madman's Diary, 1895
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One thing you will probably remember well is any time you forgive and forget.: Franklin P. Jones
People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs.: Unknown
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)