Quotes by Famous/Infamous People

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"In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present." - Lao Tzu

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"All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination." - Earl Nightingale [1921-1989]

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Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable." - Bruce Lee [1940-1973]

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"Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on." - River Phoenix [1970-1993]

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"God who is eternally complete, who directs the stars, who is the master of fates, who elevates man from his lowliness to Himself, who speaks from the cosmos to every single human soul, is the most brilliant manifestation of the goal of perfection." - Alfred Adler [1870-1937]

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"On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." - Charles Babbage [1791-1871]

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"The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any." - Fred Astaire [1899-1987]

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"We don't develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity." - Barbara De Angelis [1951-present]

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"The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects." - Charles de Gaulle [1890-1970]

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"Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things." - Rev. Jesse Jackson [1941-present]

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"I'm reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose." - Kobe Bryant [1978-2020]

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"True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost." - Arthur Ashe [1943-1993]

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"Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them." - Edward R. Murrow [1908-1965]

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"But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present." - Nick Lampson [1945-present]

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"Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They're working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler." - Barbara Bush [1925-2018]

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"There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up." - Booker T. Washington [1856-1915]

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"Never will the doctrine of spontaneous generation recover from the mortal blow struck by this simple experiment." - Louis Pasteur [1822-1895]

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"If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." - Roberto Clemente [1934-1972]

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"I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble." - Helen Keller [1880-1968]

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"I believe in persevering. If you persevere, success lies ahead of you." - Liu Yang [1978-present]

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"If we don't change from a world society that worships money and power to one that worships compassion and generosity, I think we'll be extinct by mid-century. I don't say that as an alarmist or as a pessimist." - Patch Adams [1945-present]

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"Thank God we're living in a country where the sky's the limit, the stores are open late and you can shop in bed thanks to television." - Joan Rivers [1933-2014]

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"The interpretation of dreams is a great art." - Paracelsus [1493-1541]

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"If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down." Tony Snow [1955-2008]

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"Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you." - Satchel Paige [1906-1982]

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"The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It's part of our culture like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays beyond their meaning, a factor in our economy." - Bob Schieffer [1937-present]

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"Since 1981, I've spent every Thanksgiving Day broadcasting a game, and it is one of my favorite days. You can say, 'Woe is me, I never get to be part of the tradition,' or you can say, 'Heck, we've got our own tradition, and it's pretty good.'" - John Madden [1936-2021]

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"He who has faith has... an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well - even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly." - B.C. Forbes [1880-1954]

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"Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms." - Che Guevara [1928-1967]

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"Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success." - Edward Everett Hale [1822-1909]