Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are. ~Norman Vincent Peale
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out. ~Francis Bacon
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I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now on I must struggle with the world. I thought that Mother might well be the last of those who can end their lives beautifully and sadly, struggling with no one, neither hating nor betraying anyone. In the world to come there will be no room for such people. The dying are beautiful, but to live, to survive; those things somehow seem hideous and contaminated with blood. ~Osamu Dazai
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If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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Edgar Allan Poe is considered the great writer of horror stories, perhaps the greatest, I will say the greatest. ~William Friedkin
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Pundits forecast not because they know, but because they are asked. ~John Kenneth Galbraith
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Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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A fool and his money are easily parted. ~Irish Proverb
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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Your birthday will always be remembered in a special way, because you have brought so much happiness into the lives of those who are close to you. Happy birthday to you!
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People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy. ~Stephen Rea
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I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them. ~Cy Twombly
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes. ~Ferdinand Mount
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If you cannot explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood . ~Richard P. Feynman
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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Health care is not about insurance! Health care is about getting treatment. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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It had run as a column; I had worked at the paper since 1976, but the column had been running for 13 years, and I think it was a strong column, criticizing the war when the paper was supporting it. ~Robert Scheer
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabic Proverb
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There are two kinds of people; those who are always well and those who are always sick. Most of the evils of the world come from the first sort and most of the achievement from the second. ~Louis Dudek
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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