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  • Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity. – Christopher Morley

  • Act the way you’d like to be and soon you’ll be the way you act. – George W. Crane

  • Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow…

  • The superior man can find himself in no situation in which he is not himself. In a high situation, he does not treat with contempt his inferiors. In a low situation, he does not court the favor of his superiors. He rectifies himself, and seeks for nothing from others, so that he has no dissatisfactions.…

  • The good stars met in your horoscope, Made you of spirit, fire and dew. – Robert Browning

  • We are so new, as a creature. I mean, we’re the last group made, you know? And we just got here. The reptiles were on this little blob of spit and sand for 200 million years, and we just sort of grew this opposing thumb about 25 million years ago. So we are very new,…

  • If you want a symbolic gesture, don’t burn the flag; wash it. – Norman Thomas

  • The chief reason for drinking is the desire to behave in a certain way, and to be able to blame it on alcohol. – Mignon McLaughlin

  • Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. – W. C. Fields

  • One reason I don’t drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time. – Lady Astor

  • The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt. – Max Lerner

  • Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive. – Josephine Hart