A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like. ~George McGovern
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have no problem correcting our minor flaws, they let the big ones slide, because it would mean attacking who we are. ~Neil Strauss
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions because it loves moderation, delights in compromise an is most careful to avoid anger. ~Alexis de Tocqueville
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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But the soul of touring and the heart of it is basically every day is like putting up a circus tent. ~Pat Benatar
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I have always been really scared of scary movies just because I live by myself; and then seeing something, then having a big imagination and then like thinking you see it in the middle of the night. So I've never been really into them. ~Ashley Tisdale
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You must remember the value that you add to others and not just what others have added to you. That's how we build self-worth, which, in my opinion, is just as important as net worth. ~Suze Orman
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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Under the shadow of swords, any plan is good. ~Mehmet Murat Ildan
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The basic philosophy of stoicism is that you have nothing real external to your own consciousness, that the only thing real is in fact your consciousness. ~Roger Avary
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If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens; men and women of sound bodies, clear minds and clean souls. ~Arthur Capper
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Power changes everything till it is difficult to say who are the heroes and who the villains. ~Libba Bray
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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You're a product just as much. A product of a product. The people who design cars, they're products, your teachers, products. The minister in your church, another product. ~Chuck Palahniuk
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I would die for you. But I won't live for you. ~Stephen Chbosky
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The most important thing about you is what comes to your mind when you think of God. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer
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The present can try to bury the past, an operation that is most atrocious when it is most successful. ~Mary McCarthy
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I believe that how you feel is very important to how you look; that healthy equals beautiful. ~Victoria Principal
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Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change. ~Buddhist Proverb
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In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of these might have been highly favored. ~Stanley B. Prusiner
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Those who wish to sing always find a song. ~Proverb
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And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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