Quotes with not-so-funny

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  • Samuel Johnson If what happens does not make us richer, we must welcome it if it makes us wiser.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Thomas Carlyle If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Alfred Korzybski If words are not things, or maps are not the actual territory, then, obviously, the only possible link between the objective world and the linguistic world is found in structure, and structure alone.
    Alfred Korzybski
    Polish-American independent scholar (1879 - 1950)
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  • Elmore Leonard If work was a good thing, the rich would have it all and not let you do it.
    Elmore Leonard
    American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (1925 - 2013)
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  • James A. Garfield If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.
    James A. Garfield
    President of the USA (1831 - 1881)
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  • Bruce Lee If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.
    Bruce Lee
    Chinese-American Actor, Director, Author, Martial Artist (1940 - 1973)
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  • Carine Roitfeld If you are a reader of 'Harper's Bazaar,' to me, you are a woman who loves fashion, but not just fashion; you love fashion, you love travel, you love art, you love music.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • Marcus Aurelius If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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  • Robert S. Hillyer If you are doing your best, you will not have to worry about failure.
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  • Caitlyn Marie Jenner If you are dyslexic, your eyes work fine, your brain works fine, but there is a little short circuit in the wire that goes between the eye and the brain. Reading is not a fluid process.
    Caitlyn Marie Jenner
    American television personality and decathlete (born Bruce Jenner)
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  • Billy Wilder If you are going to tell people the truth, be funny or they will kill you.
    Billy Wilder
    Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and artist (1906 - 2002)
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  • Samuel Johnson If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Alan Cohen If you are losing your peace in your quest for peace, you are not on the road to peace. The road to peace is peace.
    Alan Cohen
    American businessman (1954 - )
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  • Ching Ning Chu If you are not concerned about the outcome of a circumstance, you will experience no fear. Whatever the outcome will be, will be, whether you fear it or not.
    Ching Ning Chu
    Chinese-American business consultant
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  • Ben Bernanke If you are not happy with yourself, even the loftiest achievements won't bring you much satisfaction.
    Ben Bernanke
    American economist (1953 - )
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  • Thomas Sowell If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.
    Thomas Sowell
    American economist, social theorist and political philosopher (1930 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Jim Rohn If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.
    Jim Rohn
    American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker (1930 - 2009)
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  • Fran Lebowitz If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.
    Fran Lebowitz
    American journalist (1950 - )
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  • Marcus Aurelius If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgment of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgment now.
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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