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-- Beverly Sills Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong
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We haven't the money, so we've got to think.
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Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the
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Courage: doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.
-- Eddie Rickenbacker What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions; life is
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-- Thoreau Country Sports
Before marriage, a man will lie awake all night thinking about something you said; after marriage,
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