"One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on argument
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"One often calms one's grief by recounting it."

Corneille, Pierre on grief
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"If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go out and play as I did when I was a kid."

Watson, Thomas J. on excellence   

"I just wake up and say, You're a bum, go do something worthwhile today."

Brooks, Garth on purpose
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"We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves by our intentions."

Percy, Ian on judgment and judges
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"Lord, let me live until I die."

Rogers, Will on famous last words
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"I will tell you the truth as soon as I figure it out."

Birmingham, Wayne on truth
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"In each of us there is a little of all of us."

Lichtenberg, Georg C. on people
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"A fellow who is always declaring that he's no fool, usually has his suspicions."

Mizner, Wilson on fools and foolishness   

"Your manuscript is both good and original; but the parts that are good are not original, and the parts that are original are not good."

Johnson, Samuel on originality
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"The greatest weariness comes from work not done."

Hoffer, Eric on discontent
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"I'm as pure as the driven slush."

Bankhead, Tallulah on morality   

"Are you going out after the truth, or are you going out after something you believe?"

Rosen, Richard D. on truth
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"The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen."

Iacocca, Lee on action
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"My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life."

Iacocca, Lee on friends and friendship
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"Successful people are successful because they form the habits of doing those things that failures don't like to do."

Gray, Albert on success   

"Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can."

Thomas, Lowell on excellence   

"The concept of boredom entails an inability to use up present moments in a personally fulfilling way."

Dyer, Wayne on bores and boredom   

"The components of anxiety, stress, fear, and anger do not exist independently of you in the world. They simply do not exist in the physical world, even though we talk about them as if they do."

Dyer, Wayne on mind   

"Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top."

Burton, Robert on ambition   

"The follies which a man regrets most in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity."

Rowland, Helen on opportunity
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