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We confide in our strength, without…

15 Feb , 2011  

We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it. Great short quote and quotation by: Thomas Jefferson , 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

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We could never learn to be brave an…

15 Feb , 2011  

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world. Great short quote and quotation by: Helen Keller , US blind & deaf educator (1880 – 1968)

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard

We cross our bridges when we come t…

15 Feb , 2011  

We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered. Great short quote and quotation by: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard ,

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Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

We cross our bridges when we come t…

15 Feb , 2011  

We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered. Great short quote and quotation by: Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead , British dramatist & screenwriter […]

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We dance in a circle and suppose, w…

15 Feb , 2011  

We dance in a circle and suppose, while the secret sits in the middle and knows. Great short quote and quotation by: Robert Frost , US poet (1874 – 1963)

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We delight in the beauty of the but…

15 Feb , 2011  

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. Great short quote and quotation by: Maya Angelou , US author & poet (1928 – )

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We desire nothing so much as what w…

15 Feb , 2011  

We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have. Great short quote and quotation by: Publilius Syrus , (~100 BC)

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Lynn Hall, Where Have All the Tigers Gone?, 1989

We did not change as we grew older;…

15 Feb , 2011  

We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves. Great short quote and quotation by: Lynn Hall, Where Have All the Tigers Gone?, 1989 ,

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Jose Ortega y Gasset

We distinguish the excellent man fr…

15 Feb , 2011  

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands upon himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself. Great short quote and quotation by: Jose Ortega y Gasset , Spanish philosopher & politician (1883 – 1955)

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Fidel Castro, Speech given in January 1963, calling for communist revolution in Latin America

We do not deny the possibility of p…

15 Feb , 2011  

We do not deny the possibility of peaceful [political] transition, but we are still awaiting the first case. Great short quote and quotation by: Fidel Castro, Speech given in January 1963, calling for communist revolution in Latin America ,

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We do not destroy religion by destr…

15 Feb , 2011  

We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition. Great short quote and quotation by: Cicero , Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC – 43 BC)

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Antonin Artaud

We do not die because we have to di…

15 Feb , 2011  

We do not die because we have to die; we die because one day, and not so long ago, our consciousness was forced to deem it necessary. Great short quote and quotation by: Antonin Artaud , French actor, critic, & drama theorist (1896 – 1948)

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