I don't think it's good to run on anger, but it's really great when that's the first couple of gallons in your tank - when you've had enough, and you're just pissed off enough to go for it. In a lot of ways, that sort of environment can be a catapult for a great situation.


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Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
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A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.
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When a man gets talking about himself, he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime.
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The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.
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Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to.
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Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.
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Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
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Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.
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There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.
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There is [sic] two things in life for which we are never fully prepared, and that is--twins.
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A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.
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It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge an elephant, but we can't dodge...
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Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so.
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Incredulity is the wisdom of the fool
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Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed
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There is a sort of charm in ugliness, if the person has some redeeming qualities and is only ugly en...
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Keep a cow, and the milk won't have to be watered but once.
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Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.
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A slander is like a hornet; if you can't kill it dead the first time, better not strike at it.
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I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I ...
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The less we know the more we suspect.
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My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnet, the journey of life, is to take their heart in...
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The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.
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Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed ...
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The man who ain't got an enemy is really poor.
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If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy...
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Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it ge...
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Our necessities are few but our wants are endless.
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As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
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Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.
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There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.
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Hope is the most exciting thing in life and if you honestly believe that love is out there, it will ...
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You don't have to be a genius when you're surrounded by morons.
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If you write a post and put it on a blog, that's a historical document. If you change your template,...
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Gratitude can sometimes be as annoying as whininess.
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It doesn't pay to be good at something unless you are the absolute best at it.
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Insanity is just what we call stupidity when it doesn't make sense.
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Important days don't look like anything special when they start. Invariably, the sun rises and peopl...
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The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it.
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It's interesting, on your second day of existence, to realize that your father is going to blame all...
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One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit n...
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I've teamed up with PetSmart Charities to celebrate the five million homeless pets who've fo...
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