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  • Albert Schweitzer Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me.
    Albert Schweitzer
    German physician, theologian, philosopher, musician (1875 - 1965)
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  • Edgar Allan Poe Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
    Edgar Allan Poe
    American poet, writer and critic (1809 - 1849)
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  • Helen Keller No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.
    Helen Keller
    American writer (1880 - 1968)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Nominee. A modest gentleman shrinking from the distinction of private life and diligently seeking the honorable obscurity of public office.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Robert F. Kennedy Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
    Robert F. Kennedy
    American Senator (1925 - 1968)
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  • Ludwig Wittgenstein Our civilization is characterized by the word ''progress.'' Progress is its form rather than making progress being one of its features. Typically it constructs. It is occupied with building an ever more complicated structure. And even clarity is sought only
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Austrian - English philosopher (1889 - 1951)
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  • Denis Diderot Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
    Denis Diderot
    French philosopher (1713 - 1784)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Elias Canetti When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard about.
    Elias Canetti
    Austrian novelist and philosopher (1905 - 1994)
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  • Alan Cohen Will you ever run out of creative ideas and expressions? Ha! The more creative ideas you have, the more you will discover. Creativity is a tree with countless branches that never stop blossoming.
    Alan Cohen
    American businessman (1954 - )
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  • David Lloyd George What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics.
    David Lloyd George
    Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922 (1863 - 1945)
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