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We are all apt to believe what the world believes about us.
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George Eliot (1819 - 1880)
There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.
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Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - )
You can cover a great deal of country in books.
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Andrew Lang (1844 - 1912)
I believe that freedom is the deepest need of every human soul.
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George W. Bush (1946 - ), Press Conference, White House, Tuesday, April 13, 2004
Because we don't think about future generations, they will never forget us.
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Henrik Tikkanen
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
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H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946), Outline of History (1920)
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
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Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
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George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.
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Henry C. Link
Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was.
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Margaret Mitchell (1900 - 1949)
All the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.
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Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972), Letter to his sister, Nov. 14, 1947
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?
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Dick Clark
The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own.You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.
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Albert Ellis
The human heart is a strange vessel. Love and hatred can exist side by side.
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Scott Westerfeld, Peeps, 2005
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
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Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
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Thich Nhat Hanh
A dog is the greatest gift a parent can give a child. OK, a good education, then a dog.
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John Grogan, An Interview with John Grogan, 2008
There is one person in charge of every office in America and that person is Charles Darwin.
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Charlie Grandy, The Office, Get the Girl, March 2012
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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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