"For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love."--Carl Sagan
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"For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love."--Carl Sagan
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"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."- Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) A man of many talents best known for his inspiring speeches while leading the United Kingdom during World War Two.
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"When you are eighty years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your life story, the telling that will be most compact and meaningful will be the series of choices you have made. In the end, we are our choices."- Jeff Bezos (B - 1964) Founder and CEO of Amazon
"Exuberant, can-do optimism is the key American mode. Central to American optimism is the evangelical tradition, whose religious revivals countered lingering New England Calvinism. The thunderous hymns of American gospel choirs are inspirational folk art, vanquishing Europe's exhausted elitism."- Camille Paglia (B - 1947) American academic, social critic and author of Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson
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“Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.” – John Wooden
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"I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse." - Florence Nightingale (1820 - 1910) English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing
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"There are no unrealistic dreams, just unrealistic timelines."- Nido Qubein (B - 1948) American Lebanese-Jordanian businessman and motivational speaker who currently serves as president of High Point University since 2005
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"Even his griefs are a joy long after to one who remembers all that he wrought and endured."- Homer The legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are the central works of ancient Greek literature.
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"There are two types of people in this world: those who do what they say they're going to do, and everyone else."- Anthony Bourdain (1956 - 2018) American celebrity chef, and travel documentarian who starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture and cuisine.
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