"Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert."

Forbes, B. C. on work
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"Useless laws weaken the necessary laws."

Montesquieu, Charles De on law and lawyers   

"I would rather think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to come together and make sense."

Kushner, Rabbi Harold S. on life
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"Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return to them again and again for, like true friends, they will never fail us -- never cease to instruct -- never cloy."

Colton, Charles Caleb on books - reading
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"You can do only one thing at a time. I simply tackle one problem and concentrate all efforts on what I am doing at the moment."

Maltz, Maxwell on compromise   

"The reason kids like rock 'n roll is their parents don't."

Miller, Mitch on rock and roll
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"To err is human, to forgive is divine."

Pope, Alexander on forgiveness
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"Let me listen to myself and not to them."

Stein, Gertrude on self-sufficiency   

"A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market."

Lamb, Charles on laughter   

"Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth."

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel on bigotry   

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"It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle."

DeVos, Richard M. on courage
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"It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to."

Caulfield, Holden on humankind
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"There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the adult world."

Baudrillard, Jean on festivals   

"I would rather make my name than inherit it."

Thackeray, William M. on inheritance
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"Wisdom overcomes fortune."

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) on wisdom   

"My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there."

Kettering, Charles F. on the future   

"If one desires a change, one must be that change before that change can take place."

Bellin, Gita on change
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"We pay just as dearly for our triumphs as we do for our defeats. Go ahead and fail. But fail with wit, fail with grace, fail with style. A mediocre failure is as insufferable as a mediocre success. Embrace failure! Seek it out. Learn to love it. That may be the only way any of us will ever be free. Tom Robbins Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that were made on Lincoln."

Barton, Bruce on failure
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"I may be crazy but it keeps me from going insane."

Jennings, Waylon on insanity
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"We must use time creatively -- and forever realize that the time is always hope to do great things."

King Jr. Martin Luther on time
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"Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success."

Dowden, Edward on failure   

"When the time is right, you just got to do it."

Simplot, Jack on time   

"To be successful, a woman has to be better at her job than a man."

Meir, Golda on women
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"I'm careful not to give into theatrics when times are tough, I don't like it when somebody gives into outside pressure and puts on a show for others."

Russa, Tony La on pressure   

"Common Sense is very uncommon."

Greeley, Horace on common sense
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"A wise traveler never depreciates their own country."

Goldoni, Carlo on travel   

"Ask yourself, If I had only sixty seconds on the stage, what would I absolutely have to say to get my message across."

Dewar, Jeff on present