"The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time."

Lincoln, Abraham on the future
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"Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity."

Brown Jr., H. Jackson on opportunity
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"The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today."

Brown Jr., H. Jackson on preparation
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"Oh, the difference between nearly right and exactly right."

Brown Jr., H. Jackson on right and rightness   

"Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye."

Brown Jr., H. Jackson on love
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"Think big thoughts, but relish small pleasures."

Brown Jr., H. Jackson on life
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"Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention."

Horton, Doug on desperation
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"Growing old is not growing up."

Horton, Doug on age and aging
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"The harder you fall, the higher you bounce."

Horton, Doug on adversity
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"I am a daylight atheist."

Behan, Brendan F. on atheism   

"One drink is too many for me and a thousand not enough."

Behan, Brendan F. on alcohol and alcoholism
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"The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels."

Bernard, St. on tears
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"The government who robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul."

Shaw, George Bernard on debt
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"I want to be all used up when I die."

Shaw, George Bernard on death
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"Dying is a troublesome business: there is pain to be suffered, and it wrings one's heart; but death is a splendid thing --a warfare accomplished, a beginning all over again, a triumph. You can always see that in their faces."

Shaw, George Bernard on death
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"Drive slow and enjoy the scenery -- drive fast and join the scenery."

Horton, Doug on drivers and driving   

"We may not always get what we want, but surely we will get what we deserve."

Horton, Doug on merit
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"If it looks like shit, smells like shit, mail it to your enemy... he'll know what to do with it."

Horton, Doug on enemies   

"Remember only the good, the bad will never forget you."

Horton, Doug on evil   

"No one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys."

Horton, Doug on control
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"The more we are filled with thoughts of lust the less we find true romantic love."

Horton, Doug on thoughts and thinking   

"I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship."

Alcott, Louisa May on adversity
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"When all is lost, ask the I.R.S. -- they'll find something."

Horton, Doug on taxes and taxation   

"Smile, it's better than a poke in the eye."

Horton, Doug on smile   

"While seeking revenge, dig two graves -- one for yourself."

Horton, Doug on revenge
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"Why ask why? If it's raining it just is."

Horton, Doug on questions   

"If you love something let it go free. If it doesn't come back, you never had it. If it comes back, love it forever."

Horton, Doug on love
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"Good ideas are a dime a dozen, bad ones are free."

Horton, Doug on ideas   

"Be your own hero, it's cheaper than a movie ticket."

Horton, Doug on heroes and heroism   

"The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell."

Proverb, American on books - reading   

"No matter how bad a child is, he is still good for a tax deduction."

Proverb, American on taxes and taxation   

"After all is said and done, more is said than done."

Proverb, American on action
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"There are three kinds of people; those that make things happen, those that watch things happen and those who don't know what's happening."

Proverb, American on people
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"Before borrowing money from a friend decide which you need most."

Proverb, American on borrowing   

"The real test of a man is not how well he plays the role he has invented for himself, but how well he plays the role that destiny assigned to him."

Patocka, Jan on destiny
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"Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good."

Schwarzkopf, Norman on leadership
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"The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory."

Fix, Paul on thoughts and thinking
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"The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it."

Schwarzkopf, Norman on action
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"We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as placed in an obscure and distant future. It never occurs to us that it has any connection with the day already begun or that death could arrive this same afternoon, this afternoon which is so certain and which has every hour filled in advance."

Proust, Marcel on death
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"People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground."

Proust, Marcel on risk