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«Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. The winds will blow their freshness into you and the storms their energy. Cares will drop off like Autumn leaves.»
John Muir
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«The doors of history swing on small hinges.»
The Bible
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Three quotes from a recent FitNet, the daily wellness message from Tim Lane that is available to all. To join, send your email address to join-fitnet@lists.ia.gov |
«I've been on a constant diet for the last two decades. I've lost a total of 789 pounds. By all accounts, I should be hanging from a charm bracelet.»
Erma Bombeck |  |
 | «Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.»
Mark Twain |
«The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.»
Bertrand Russell |  |
«He was often wrong,
but never in doubt.» |  |
Anonymous reference to
Ohio Football Coach Woody Hayes |
 | «I know that Jesus loves me, but I'm certain he's not proud.»
Chris Wall |
«Before the world goes over the brink,
Teach the believers how to think.»
Philip Appleman |  |
«Seriousness is the final retreat of the shallow.»
Oscar Wilde
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 | «When I look back at all the crap I learned in high school
It's a wonder I can think at all.»
Paul Simon 'Kodachrome'
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«The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any.»
Katherine Whitehorn |  | «Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.»
Will Rogers |  |
 | «People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them they came from Benjamin Franklin.»
Anonymous (maybe Benjamin Franklin?)
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«The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem. It is generally employed only by small children and large nations.»
David Friedman |  | «It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.»
Henry David Thoreau |  |
