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If hunger makes you irritable, better eat and be pleasant.

—Sefer Hasidim

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But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way.

—Jane Austen

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The greater man the greater courtesy.

—Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Perhaps the most important use of money - It saves time. Life is so short, and there's so much to do, one can't afford to waste a minute; and just think how much you waste, for instance, in walking from place to place instead of going by bus and in going by bus instead of by taxi.

—W. Somerset Maugham

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Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possiblity.

—Oprah Winfrey

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In many cases, the more you try to compete, the less competitive you actually are.

—Kathy Sierra

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Avoidance is a great tool to get away from food in my face all day long.

—Jennifer Hudson

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You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

—George Herbert

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Whatever you do, do it to the purpose; do it thoroughly, not superficially. Go to the bottom of things. Any thing half done, or half known, is in my mind, neither done nor known at all. Nay, worse, for it often misleads.

—Lord Chesterfield

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Dare to be yourself.

—André Gide

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Every day holds the possibility of a miracle.

—Elizabeth David

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Even with the best of maps and instruments, we can never fully chart our journeys.

—Gail Pool

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It doesn't matter if you win or lose in the big, scary jungle of the real world. Winners and losers... Enemies and allies... We don't live in a comic book! This is the real deal.

—Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata

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Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.

—Will Rogers

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I simply cannot understand the passion that some people have for making themselves thoroughly uncomfortable and then boasting about it afterwards.

—Patricia Moyes

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