Excerpts of Citations
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I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
~Thomas Jefferson
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You wake me up early in the morning to tell me I am right? Please wait until I am wrong.
~Johann von Neumann
from on being phoned at 10:00 AM -
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
~Mark Twain
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Not merely an absence of noise, Real Silence begins when a reasonable being withdraws from the noise in order to find peace and order in his inner sanctuary.
~Peter Minard
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Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
~George S. Patton
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Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
~Arthur Schopenhauer
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The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.
~Shana Alexander
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Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.
~Henry Miller
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If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair.
~Samuel Johnson
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Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you, and be silent.
~Epictetus
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Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of happiness.
~Lao-tzu
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I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
~Galileo Galilei
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Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature,
nor do the children of men as a whole experience it.
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure.~Helen Keller
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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
~Erica Jong
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In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
~George Orwell
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God offers to everyone his choice between truth and repose. Take which you please--you can never have both.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson