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The great end of life is not knowledge but action. - Francis Bacon

The great end of life is not knowledge but action. – Francis Bacon

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Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects… totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations. – Aldous Huxley

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I feel good in my own skin because Ive accepted the fact that Im me. Thats whats so great about being alive and being on this planet: Everybodys different. – Kelly Osbourne

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The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong. – Swami Vivekananda

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It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion. – Abraham Lincoln

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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body. – Joseph Addison

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One universe made up all that is; and one God in it all, and one principle of being, and one law, the reason shared by all thinking creatures, and one truth. – Marcus Aurelius

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Im moving on. I should have made that clear when I made the announcement. I guess I wasnt clear. If people think youre leaving a show after all these years, you might be retiring. So I understand where theyre coming from, but I should have impressed the fact that I hope Im just moving on right now. – Regis Philbin

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The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it. – E. W. Howe

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