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Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by
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-- Jackie Gleason "I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending that haunts our sleep so much as the fear ... that as far as the world is concerned, we might as well never have lived." (Rabbi H "Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear." (Ambrose Redmoon) Chats and Forums Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.
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- Von Clausewitz Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.
-- Virginia Woolf Chats and Forums
We always believe our first love is our last, and our last love our first.
-- Anonymous Happiness, it is said, is seldom found by those who seek it, and never by those who seek it for
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-- Will Rogers Chats and Forums
Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.
-- Robert Browning "An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions; he is neither hot nor timid." (Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, 4th earl of) "If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee." (Abraham Lincoln, 1809-65) I've sometimes thought of marrying, and then I've thought again.
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-- Anne S Chats and Forums
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a
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-- Walt Disney If we don't change the direction we are going,
We are likely to end up where we are heading.
-- Chinese saying The telephone company is urging people to *please* not use the telephone unless it is absolutely
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-- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Chats and Forums
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.
-- David Starr Jordan If we let people see that kind of thing, there would never again be any war.
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--Loesje The remarkable thing about television is that it permits several million people to laugh at the same
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religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear
of Chats and Forums Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art
imitates life.
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One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.
-- Sophocles Do not let yourselves be discouraged or embittered by the smallness of the success you are likely
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-- Cousin Woodman In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar--a practice which is still continued.
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There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
-- Oscar Wilde Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.
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-- Yogi Berra Chats and Forums Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, it's not so hot.
-- Anonymous If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.
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-- Gandhi Chats and Forums
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labour in
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-- Albert Einstein The nourishment is palatable.
-- Millard Fillmore, dying words Man and wife make one fool. There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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-- Alexander Pope Chats and Forums I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.
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-- H.L. Mencken Chats and Forums
The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it.
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- George Bernard Shaw Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.
-- Gloria Steinem Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock.
-- Wynn Catlin, also attributed to Will Rogers Chats and Forums If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance.
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