Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. ~William Osler
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you're funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity. ~Maya Angelou
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The fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism. ~Ayn Rand
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It is true that advertising often gives information and is valuable for doing so, but some forms of advertising give precious little information, and even that little is wrong. ~Randal Marlin
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A human heart that matched what we think of as heart-shaped; a perfectly formed bright red thing with two halves of equal size; would be one that was horribly diseased. The origin of this stylized representation is somewhat obscure, but it probably appeared at the same time as St. Valentine's Day, about whose history there is much dispute. ~George Fetherling
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The world is wonderful and beautiful and good beyond one's wildest imagination. ~D. H. Lawrence
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What has commonly been called rebellion has more often been nothing but a manly and glorious struggle in opposition to the lawless power of rebellious kings and princes. ~Samuel Adams
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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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In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the eight hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous overeating is encouraged so that the starving and other people in the world can die! ~Lloyd Kaufman
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It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter. It is worth remembering that the Jeffersonian "wall of separation" between church and state has always been intended to protect the church from the state as much as the state from the church. ~Jon Meacham
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It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people's educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in music. Safest to treat everyone you meet as a distinguished intellectual. ~Ian Mcewan
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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He that is rich will not be called a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind. ~Max Eastman
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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I didn't meddle. If I did meddle there wouldn't be all this violence. All this horrible sexism in games. ~Lincoln Chafee
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Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight when children of one family fall out, and chide, and fight. ~Isaac Watts
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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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I cancel going out if my hair doesn't look good. ~Brad Goreski
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There is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference there is, is very important. ~William James
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More important is the fact that embryonic stem cell research could lead to new treatments and cures for the many Americans afflicted with life-threatening and debilitating diseases. ~Ron Kind
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The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness. ~Robert Smithson
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