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SMEDES NICHOLAS SPARKS But, I don't want to assume that our tradition of excellence is a guarantee of future excellence. DAVE HEINEMAN Pure, unadulterated, consistent love for God and pure, unadulterated, consistent love for others is ... ELYSE M. FITZPATRICK E. STANLEY JONES STEPHEN COVEY STEPHEN R. COVEY What does our way of caring for others look like? Do we check our schedules first or do we get out o... ANITA PLESSIS What does our way of caring for others look like? Do we check our schedules first or do we get out o... ANITA DU PLESSIS JOSé SARAMAGO SHERRILYN KENYON They've always been hard hitters and they are well coached. We have to be on our best game. We can't... DOUG ODUM KURT VONNEGUT Contentment is our ability to embrace satisfaction with what we have. Contentment can't be achieved ... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA JON KATZ SCOTT ADAMS AARON SORKIN BLAISE PASCAL GEORGE ELIOT LEO F. BUSCAGLIA impossible for them to believe ... PETER KREEFT GUY LALIBERTE TAD WILLIAMS VICTORIA PENDLETON We told our kids point blank at half-time that they needed to play with more intensity and get back ... CALVIN SAUNDERS STEPHANIE LAURENS UNKNOWN When you can assume that your audience holds the same beliefs as you do, you can relax a little and ... FLANNERY O'CONNOR But, I don't want to assume that our tradition of excellence is a guarantee of future excellence... DAVE HEINEMAN DEAN KOONTZ GEORGE ELIOT IAIN M. BANKS It's become our life. When we talk, it's always about work. ... We do have our own personalities and... LISA ORIGLIASSO ALISON GOPNIK CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE Nothing is sacrosanct and nothing is carved in stone so nobody should assume that they have the righ... KLAUS KLEINFELD SHARON SALZBERG YUVAL NOAH HARARI LEWIS CARROLL Andy always seems to have the right approach, most of the time, and allows Opie to make his own choi... MARIAN ALBRIGHT CYNTHIA OZICK YUVAL NOAH HARARI FREDERICK BUECHNER To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world... GARY F EVANS... Oscar always said that books are truly our best friends. He said that they never think poorly of us ... ERICA SEHYUN SONG The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in... MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA SYLVIA EARLE INDRA NOOYI True prayer is only another name for the love of God. Its excellence does not consist in the multitu... FRANçOIS FéNELON We don't really have a place in the universe, as far as on a timeline. But nothing else does, ei... KAKI KING We have to get better and learn from this. We don't ever want to lose a dual meet, but we want to be... CARY JUSTMANN PAULO COELHO We don't want a third party who may or may not have our best interests in mind or our crew membe... DAVID NEELEMAN I thank God for schools that are serious about the gospel of Jesus Christ. They are vital to perpetu... JAMES C. DOBSON Our dreams and goals are never completely realized. They are always there before
our eyes, but alway... JACQUELINE ONASSIS ANDY WARHOL PAULO COELHO PAULO COELHO
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Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the ... 
Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the ... 
The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... 
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Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury -- to me these have always been contemptible. I assu... 
We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not mak... 
Most of us think we're too busy or too important to rest for a day. 
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Every dollar the Federal Government does not take from us, every decision it does not make for us wi... 
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He's for you and wants to help you be the person He created you to be. 
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It was a warship, after all. It was built, designed to glory in destruction, when it was cons... 
A smart model is a good model. 
Never dull your shine for somebody else. 
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I'm not stubborn. My way is just better. 
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I don't crave Hollywood. 
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He who profits by villainy, has perpetrated it. 
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