— Maria Arrillaga"Wisdom principle 74 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 47."
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“— Elbert HubbardKnow what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.
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— Nicholson Baker"I no longer want to live in an apartment furnished with forklifts and backhoes."
— Henry David Thoreau"Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh."
— Lord Byron"I love not man the less, but Nature more."
— Mary Douglas"Religion can make it worse. Are you supposing that if people were encouraged to believe in a transcendent reality, and to be encouraged by grand rituals and music and preaching, to love their neighbors, then they would put jealousy and frustration aside?"
— Mary Fallin"I thought I could make a difference, so I ran for office."
— Clive Anderson"You can be a famous poisoner or a successful poisoner, but not both, and the same seems to apply to Great Train Robbers."
— Hector Elizondo"I never learned to cook; I was a little spoiled as far as that's concerned."
— John F. Kennedy"The greatest journey starts when the greatest battles are fought within."
— Isaac Asimov"Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night."
— Boris Pasternak"I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It will also be necessary to bend down to hear it. It will always be too simple to be discussed in assemblies."
— Ludwig Wittgenstein"Don't get involved in partial problems, but always take flight to where there is a free view over the whole single great problem, even if this view is still not a clear one."
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