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A cocktail party is a place where you talk with a person you do not know about a subject you have no interest in.


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Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.



No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.



Happiness has always seemed like a bluebird, and consists of moments.

Happiness has always seemed like a bluebird, and consists of moments.



A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already.

A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already.



Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.

Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.



When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.

When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.



Neckties strangle clear thinking.

Neckties strangle clear thinking.



Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.



There is so much to love and to admire in this life that it is an act of ingratitude not to be happy and content in this existence.

There is so much to love and to admire in this life that it is an act of ingratitude not to be happy and content in this existence.



I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking.

I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking.





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And the Republican Party especially associates the market with the idea of progress, goodness, family, and points us toward the mall as an answer to all our personal dreams.



What about regular professionals, who just want to do what they do as well as they can?

What about regular professionals, who just want to do what they do as well as they can?



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At least in a race you have mile markers and know how long you have to go. Labor is like running as hard as you can without knowing where the finish line is.




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I got rid of all those reporters.



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The purpose of a relationship is to decide what part of yourself you'd like to see 'show up', not what part of another you can capture and hold.



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Be-and yet know the great void where all things begin, the infinite source of your own most intense vibration, so that, this once, you may give it your perfect assent.



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