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Anonymous

Anonymous

Excellence is the result of

Excellence is the result of caring more than others think is wise risking more than others think is safe dreaming more than others think is practical and expecting more than others think is possible.
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Emile Zola

Emile Zola

If you ask me what

If you ask me what I came into this world to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.
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Walter Bagehot

Walter Bagehot

The reason why so few

The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.
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Jim Zelenka

Jim Zelenka

If you choose not to

If you choose not to live in a cluster, uh, dorm...
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Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin

On stage, I make love

On stage, I make love to 25,000 people, then I go home alone.
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Anonymous

Anonymous

If at first you don't

If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence you ever tried
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Karl Kraus

Karl Kraus

Where do I find the

Where do I find the time for not reading so many books?
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Lin Yutang

Lin Yutang

Sometimes it is more important

Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do.
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Anonymous

Anonymous

The hardest part of any

The hardest part of any journey is taking that first step.
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Zeuxis

Zeuxis

Criticism comes easier than craftsmanship.

Criticism comes easier than craftsmanship.
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The Young Ones

The Young Ones

This calls for a very

This calls for a very special plan of psychology and extreme violence
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Button from the Computer Museum

Button from the Computer Museum

Usenet is like Tetris for

Usenet is like Tetris for people who still remember how to read.
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Dan Zadra

Dan Zadra

Worry is a misuse of

Worry is a misuse of imagination.
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Anonymous

Anonymous

A memory is a photograph

A memory is a photograph taken by the heart to make a special moment last forever.
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Andrew Young

Andrew Young

Nothing is illegal if one

Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it.
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John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill

The only purpose for which

The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant.
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Gary Zukav

Gary Zukav

Acceptance without proof is the

Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science.
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Anonymous

Anonymous

Success has many fathers, but

Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan.
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Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

In matters of conscience, the

In matters of conscience, the law of majority has no place.
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Anonymous

Anonymous

The truth of the matter

The truth of the matter is that window management under X is not yet well understood.
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Elizabeth Clarkson Zwart

Elizabeth Clarkson Zwart

The older I grow, the

The older I grow, the less important the comma becomes. Let the reader catch his own breath.
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Anonymous

Anonymous

It is impossible to better

It is impossible to better yourself if you do not know what it means to be better.
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Oswald Wyler

Oswald Wyler

Student: Can you do problem

Student: "Can you do problem number twelve?" Wyler: Twelve?...NO!...That problem is on the test.
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Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll

Now, here, you see, it

Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!
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