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My wife has to be the worst cook. In my house, we pray after we eat.

—Rodney Dangerfield

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A man shows a narrowness of mind and becomes unworthy of his humanity by refusing any privilege to his fellow man because he is colored. Every prejudice entertained, every breach of justice and charity against a fellow-citizen because of color is a stain flung upon the banner of our liberty that floats over us.

—John Ireland (bishop)

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We cannot destroy kindred: Our chains stretch a little sometimes, but they never break.

—Marie de Rabutin-Chantal

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My future starts when I wake up every morning... Every day I find something creative to do with my life.

—Miles Davis

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Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.

—Thomas Carlyle

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Flowers never emit so sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm. When a storm approaches thee, be as fragrant as a sweet-smelling flower.

—Jean Paul Richter

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The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

—William James

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Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week.

—Alice Walker

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Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.

—Thomas Berger

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Make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal, until bit by bit the walls of the ego recede, and your life becomes increasingly merged in the universal life.

—Bertrand Russell

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Formula for success: under promise and over deliver

—Tom Peters

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If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win

—Carl Lewis

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I came from a real tough neighborhood. Once a guy pulled a knife on me. I knew he wasn't a professional, the knife had butter on it.

—Rodney Dangerfield

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In both our personal and professional lives, there are times when reality dictates that we must stand up and 'end' something. Either its time has passed, its season is over, or worse, continuing it would be destructive in some way.

—Henry Cloud

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Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

—Oscar Wilde

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