A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so powerful a hold on the minds, that although I have preached against it for twenty-five years, there are still some who believe it to be realizable. ~Nikola Tesla
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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Women in general want to be loved for what they are and men for what they accomplish. ~Theodor Reik
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One thing about golf is you don't know why you play bad and why you play good. ~George Archer
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Geez, I just played cricket because I loved the game. I never thought about it much, never really had any formal coaching. ~Steve Waugh
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The key to community is the acceptance, in fact the celebration of our individual and cultural differences. It is also the key to world peace. ~M. Scott Peck
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No matter who you are, there is always some part of you that wishes you were someone else, and when, for a millisecond, you get that wish, it's a miracle. ~Jodi Picoult
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I'm a mixed race lad from Liverpool. I get to play a lot of hard characters, and some people perceive that's what I'm like, but it's great for me 'cos they're always the most interesting characters. ~Stephen Graham
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I'm never in the mood to eat or drink when I get to a show. I'm just too nerved out. ~Yelawolf
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We developed during the 1990s a series of budget process rules that helped us bring to heel these deficits, diminishing every year and moving the budget so into surplus. ~John Spratt
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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If you're "stuck" right now, you're probably into fear. Get out of there. You've already looked both ways. Now cross the street, for heaven sake. The cars have long since gone. The coast is clear. Your only obstacle now is your own mind. ~Neale Donald Walsch
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If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy. ~Proverb
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We have a tough schedule this summer, so I have to plan my schedule wisely if I want to be able to last throughout the season. ~Kim Clijsters
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. ~Plato
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If there are no endings, there are no beginnings and you see no new lands, so for everything that is lost, there is usually something gained. ~Merle Shain
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Ideas without execution are hallucinations. ~Thomas A. Edison
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Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope. ~Turkish Proverb
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