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Henry David Thoreau
Thank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste the sky as well as the earth!
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Anandabai Joshee
Had there been no difficulties and no thorns in the way, then man would have been in his primitive state and no progress made in civilisation and mental culture.
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Alice Childress
A gift - be it a present, a kind word or a job done with care and love - explains itself... and if receivin' it embarrasses you, it's because your 'thanks box' is warped.
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Edith Wharton
If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.
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Colin Powell
Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.
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Omar Bradley, Speech to Boston Chamber of Commerce, 1948
The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.
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Finley Peter Dunne
Many a man that couldn't direct you to the drug store on the corner when he was 3 will get a respectful hearing when age has further impaired his mind.
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Hendrik Willem Van Loon
The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.
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George Carlin
Ever notice that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, but anyone going faster is a maniac?
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Max Lucado, The Applause of Heaven
Give a man religion without reminding him of his filth, and the result will be arrogance in a three- piece suit. Max Lucado
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Gail
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.
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