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We learn from experience that men n…

15 Feb , 2011  

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience. Great short quote and quotation by: George Bernard Shaw , Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

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Dennis Miller

We need anything politically import…

15 Feb , 2011  

We need anything politically important rationed out like Pez: small, sweet, and coming out of a funny, plastic head. Great short quote and quotation by: Dennis Miller ,

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

We succeed only as we identify in l…

15 Feb , 2011  

We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective. Great short quote and quotation by: Dwight D. Eisenhower, speech, April 2, 1957 , US general & Republican politician (1890 – 1969)

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The Metro Para pledge

We the willing, led by the unknowin…

15 Feb , 2011  

We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing. Great short quote and quotation by: The Metro Para pledge ,

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Harlen Ellison, interview with Charlie Rose

What is not nailed down is mine. An…

15 Feb , 2011  

What is not nailed down is mine. Anything that I can pry loose was not nailed down. Great short quote and quotation by: Harlen Ellison, interview with Charlie Rose ,

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Whatever you are from nature, keep …

15 Feb , 2011  

Whatever you are from nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else, and you will be ten thousands times worse than nothing. Great short quote and quotation by: Sydney Smith , English essayist (1771 – 1845)

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When I was younger, I could remembe…

15 Feb , 2011  

When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not. Great short quote and quotation by: Mark Twain , US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

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Kathleen Norris

When you are unhappy, is there anyt…

15 Feb , 2011  

When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you should be contented with your lot? Great short quote and quotation by: Kathleen Norris ,

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Why should I do anything for poster…

15 Feb , 2011  

Why should I do anything for posterity? What has posterity ever done for me? Great short quote and quotation by: Groucho Marx , US comedian with Marx Brothers (1890 – 1977)

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Mary Hemingway

Worry a little bit every day and in…

19 Aug , 2010  

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything. Great short quote and quotation by: Mary Hemingway ,

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Write it on your heart that every d…

27 Apr , 2010  

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. No man has learned anything rightly, until he know that every day is Doomsday. Great short quote and quotation by: Ralph Waldo Emerson , US essayist & poet (1803 – 1882)

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Charles Manson

You can convince anyone of anything…

27 Apr , 2010  

You can convince anyone of anything if you just push it at them 100% of the time. They may not believe it completely, but they will still use it to form opinions, especially if they have nothing else to draw on. Great short quote and quotation by: Charles Manson ,

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