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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Thomas Szasz Men are afraid to rock the boat in which they hope to drift safely through life's currents, when, actually, the boat is stuck on a sandbar. They would be better off to rock the boat and try to shake it loose, or, better still, jump in the water and swim for the shore.
    Thomas Szasz
    American psychiatrist (1920 - 2012)
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  • Thomas Jefferson Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Sun Tzu O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands.
    Sun Tzu
    Chinese general and strategist (544 - 496)
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  • Henry Ford Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
    Henry Ford
    American industrialist (1863 - 1947)
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  • Arthur Baer She used to diet on any kind of food she could lay her hands on.
    Arthur Baer
    American journalist and humorist (1886 - 1969)
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  • Henry David Thoreau The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready, and it may be a long time before they get off.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Voltaire The Pope is an idol whose hands are tied and whose feet are kissed.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Stephane Mallarme The pure work implies the disappearance of the poet as speaker, who hands over to the words.
    Stephane Mallarme
    French poet (1842 - 1898)
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  • Jonathan Swift The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • Mark Twain Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville What is the most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Al McGuire When a guy takes off his coat, he's not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
    Al McGuire
    American basketball coach and broadcaster (1928 - 2001)
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  • Barbara Sher ''Now'' is the operative word. Everything you put in your way is just a method of putting off the hour when you could actually be doing your dream. You don't need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating.
    Barbara Sher
    American speaker, lifestyle coach, and author (1935 - 2020)
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  • Baltasar Kormakur 'The Oath' seems like the perfect project for me, coming off the back of a big-scale adventure film like 'Everest.' I want to delve into an intimate, dark and psychological world where the characters are claustrophobic.
    Baltasar Kormakur
    Icelandic actor, theater and film director (1966 - )
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  • Aldous Huxley A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Carly Fiorina A boardroom is a collection of individuals, and individuals have varying motives, egos, agendas and qualifications. Sometimes the dynamics can go off track.
    Carly Fiorina
    American businesswoman and political (1954 - )
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  • Ben Lovett A Deap Vally renaissance is going to begin next year and will be our focus for the start of 2013. They will blow the cobwebs off a music scene that has become just a little bit stale.
    Ben Lovett
    American recording artist, film composer, songwriter and producer (1978 - )
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  • Francoise Sagan A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to want to take it off you.
    Francoise Sagan
    French writer (1935 - 2004)
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  • William Hazlitt A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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