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  • Ben Elliot A quintessential experience is to raft the Rio Grande through the Blue Mountains, stopping off at waterfalls and having picnics of barbecued fish.
    Ben Elliot
    British politician (1975 - )
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  • C. J. Cherryh A warrior is free to be a hero and pull off daring do and the soldier is irresponsible if he does it.
    C. J. Cherryh
    American writer (1942 - )
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  • William Arthur Ward A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.
    William Arthur Ward
    American writer and poet (1921 - 1994)
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  • Larry Bird A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
    Larry Bird
    American basketbal player and coach (1956 - )
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  • Alexander Pope Absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer.
    Letter to Jonathan Swift (14 december 1725)
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Eric Hoffer Action is at bottom a swinging and flailing of the arms to regain one's balance and keep afloat.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Campbell Brown After a 15-year career in television news, sometimes spent biting my tongue in the name of objectivity and balance, I retired to raise our two small children.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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  • Caroline Lawrence After I had written seventeen full-length mysteries, two volumes of mini-mysteries, a travel guide and some quiz books, not to mention a spin-off Roman Mystery Scrolls series, I thought it was time I moved to new historical pastures.
    Caroline Lawrence
    English American author (1954 - )
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  • James Baldwin After my best friend jumped off the bridge, I knew that I was next. So-Paris. With forty dollars and a one-way ticket.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Barbara Deming After the revolution, it might very well remain necessary to place people where they could not do harm to others. But the one under restraint should be cut off from the rest of society as little as possible.
    Barbara Deming
    American feminist and advocate (0 - 1984)
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  • Bertrand Russell Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing was known at Cambridge gradually wore off. In this respect my travels were very useful to me.
    The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Raymond Chandler Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girl's clothes off.
    Raymond Chandler
    American writer (1888 - 1959)
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  • Casey Stengel All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for... reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration.
    Casey Stengel
    American basketbal player and manager (1890 - 1975)
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  • Franz Kafka All human errors are impatience, a premature breaking off of methodical procedure, an apparent fencing-in of what is apparently at issue.
    Franz Kafka
    Chech German-speaking writer (1883 - 1924)
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  • Bel Powley All my friends were off on gap years, so going to New York alone, at the age of 18, was kind of my flying the nest. It was an amazing experience.
    Bel Powley
    English actress (1992 - )
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  • Sebastian Coe All pressure is self-inflicted. It's what you make of it or how you let it rub off on you.
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  • Bradley Joseph All the information you need is available to you to have a successful career in music, if you're paying attention, and not closed off to anything. Remember, Perseverance is King.
    On running a label Indie Journal Interview
    Bradley Joseph
    American composer and producer
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  • George Orwell All the papers that matter live off their advertisements, and the advertisers exercise an indirect censorship over news.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Bonnie Bassler All these bacteria that coat our skin and live in our intestines, they fend off bad bacteria. They protect us. And you can't even digest your food without the bacteria that are in your gut. They have enzymes and proteins that allow you to metabolize foods you eat.
    Bonnie Bassler
    American molecular biologist
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  • Buddy Wakefield All these kids you can't seem to make any sense of would stop holding you so far off the edge of your seats if you'd start holding yourselves to the promises you make. We know you're not perfect because we're not. And I know I ain't perfect. But I believe I was meant to be.
    Poetry Older People
    Buddy Wakefield
    American poet and actor (1974 - )
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