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Art Linkletter

Things turn out best for the people…

17 Dec , 2013  

Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out. Great short quote and quotation by: Art Linkletter , (1912 – )

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Think like a wise man but communica…

17 Dec , 2013  

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. Great short quote and quotation by: William Butler Yeats , Irish dramatist & poet (1865 – 1939)

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Think of how many religions attempt…

17 Dec , 2013  

Think of how many religions attempt to validate themselves with prophecy. Think of how many people rely on these prophecies, however vague, however unfulfilled, to support or prop up their beliefs. Yet has there ever been a religion with the prophetic accuracy and reliability of science? Great short quote and quotation by: Carl Sagan , […]

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Berkeley Vax/Unix Assembler Reference Manual (1983)

This document describes the usage a…

17 Dec , 2013  

This document describes the usage and input syntax of the Unix Vax-11 assembler As. As is designed for assembling code produced by the “C” compiler; certain concessions have been made to handle code written directly by people, but in general little sympathy has been extended. Great short quote and quotation by: Berkeley Vax/Unix Assembler Reference […]

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Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

This is why I loved the support gro…

14 Jun , 2013  

This is why I loved the support groups so much. If people thought you were dying, they gave you their full attention. If this might be the last time they saw you, they really saw you? People listened instead of just waiting for their turn to speak. And when they spoke, they weren?t telling you […]

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C. S. Lewis, The Case for Christianity

This year, or this month, or, more …

17 Apr , 2013  

This year, or this month, or, more likely, this very day, we have failed to practise ourselves the kind of behaviour we expect from other people. Great short quote and quotation by: C. S. Lewis, The Case for Christianity , English essayist & juvenile novelist (1898 – 1963)

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Those who are unhappy have no need …

17 Apr , 2013  

Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention. Great short quote and quotation by: Simone Weil , French social philosopher (1909 – 1943)

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Three people can keep a secret so l…

17 Jan , 2012  

Three people can keep a secret so long as two of them are dead. Great short quote and quotation by: Benjamin Franklin , US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 – 1790)

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Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy

Through me you pass into the city o…

19 Dec , 2011  

Through me you pass into the city of woe: Through me you pass into eternal pain: Through me among the people lost for aye. Justice the founder of my fabric moved: To rear me was the task of power divine, Supremest wisdom, and primeval love. Before me things create were none, save things Eternal, and […]

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From the last episode of "Cheers"

Time goes by so fast, people go in …

13 Oct , 2011  

Time goes by so fast, people go in and out of your life. You must never miss the opportunity to tell these people how much they mean to you. Great short quote and quotation by: From the last episode of “Cheers” ,

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Time is the coin of your life. It i…

13 Oct , 2011  

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. Great short quote and quotation by: Carl Sandburg , US biographer & poet (1878 – 1967)

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Bertrand Russell, Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 14

To be able to fill leisure intellig…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level. Great short quote and quotation by: Bertrand Russell, Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 14 , British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 – 1970)

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