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The human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime television.: Unknown
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Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle.: Ken Hakuta
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A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.: Arthur Brisbane, "The Book of Today"
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Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.: Indian Proverb
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If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.: John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
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It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.: Agnes Repplier (1855 - 1950)
The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.: Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964)
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Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.: Eugene Delacroix (1798 - 1863)
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), 'Of Human Bondage', 1915
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Running cross country is the closest man will ever get to flying.: Joseph Vanderstel
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Music has charms to soothe the savage breast To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.: William Congreve (1670 - 1729), The Mourning Bride, Act 1 Scene 1
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We all need to have a creative outlet - a window, a space - so we don't lose track of ourselves.: Norman Fischer
We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.: Roald Dahl (1916 - 1990), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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There is nothing sadder in this world than the waste of human potential. The purpose of evolution is to raise us out of the mud, not have us grovelling in it.: Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Cicely, 1992
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I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.: Margaret Thatcher (1925 - ), in Observer April 4, 1989
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The moments that we have with friends and family, the chances that we have to make a big difference in the world or even to make a small difference to the ones we love, all those wonderful chances that life gives us, life also takes away. It can happen fast and a whole lot sooner than you think.: Larry Page, University of Michigan Commencement Address, 2009
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Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), (attributed)
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Seek freedom and become captive of your desires, seek discipline and find your liberty.: Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986), Dune
We do not believe if we do not live and work according to our belief.: Heidi Wills