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"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    Share

"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    Share

"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    Share

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

Lamb, Charles on laughter    Share

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

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel on bigotry    Share

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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    Share

"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    Share

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

Kettering, Charles F. on the future    Share

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

Bellin, Gita on change
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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    Share

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

Simplot, Jack on time    Share

"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    Share

"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    Share

"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    Share

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