"Everyone has duties and obligations, so don't make a big issue of whatever it is you are expected to do today. Also, when doing a task you do not much care for don't be tempted to let your standards slip. Not only will it harm your reputation but you will have to do it again later - and if it was boring the first time the second time will be worse."

-- Sally Brompton, today's forecast for Cancerians.

"Part of what comes with the territory of fame is a lot of intrusiveness. But I've got a philosophy about that. You either learn to do it well and handle it or you're a putz."

-- Pat Morita, 1930-2005

"To be happy, is a decision..."

-- Todd Stockman

"Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another".

-- H.L. Mencken

"I'm open to everything... There are moments for soft gentle sex. And there moments for a good spank in the butt."

-- Ricky Martin, Blender magazine.


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"Thanksgiving is more important than Santa. Please don't rush past this holiday to get to Christmas".

-- Sophiana Botich, age 6, Crown Point, IN, Northwest Indiana Times.

"Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under."

-- H.L. Mencken

"Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood".

-- H.L. Mencken

"All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it."

-- H.L. Mencken

"A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin."

-- H.L. Mencken

"My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is."

-- Ellen DeGeneres

"Never give a party if you will be the most interesting person there".

-- Mickey Friedman

"Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed."

-- Corita Kent

"Do not wait for ideal circumstances; they will never come".

-- Janet Erskine Stuart

"Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there".

-- Will Rogers

"We're all peculiar, aren't we?"

-- Brent Spiner



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"For men. Friends and more, past, present, and future. You know who you are."

-- Maureen Dowd, dedication to her book, Are Men Necessary?

"Today, I am reminded that life must be accepted for the way it is, and not as I may want it to be. That I must not give up my trust in God at any time. To despair truly does bring forward a dark cloud making it difficult for the light from the almighty to enter. Remembering to stay strong, and accepting the love and kindness of others, rather than isolating myself, is necessary to cope with any pain that one may be feeling. It must also be remembered that one cannot resolve all problems, and that learning how to live with unresolved problems is a wonderful lesson to embrace. From this day foreward, life, as I know it, will be a true roller coaster ride."

-- Barbara from California, Women on the Verge of Thinking.



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"The trouble with being a giver is that you are very good at giving and having friends who need you. The sorrowful part is that you aren’t very good at finding friends who can be there when you need a listening ear. Too many people confuse the mouth and the ear when it comes to being there for another person. They don’t know how to say 'I hear you. I feel your pain. Don’t give up.' In my case, I listen to my head and say those things under my breath."

-- Joel Sax, Pax Nortona

"We have a president who is basing even legislation on faith-based morality, and yet we invade a country whose whole govermental system is faith-based except that it's their faith and not ours... Why can't we see that that a faith based society, no matter what the faith, is not really a democratic society?"

-- Shirley MacLaine in Interview Magazine.


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