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We are wide-eyed in contemplating the possibility that life may ex

We are wide-eyed in contemplating the possibility that life may exist elsewhere in the universe, but we wear blinders when contemplating the possibilities of life on earth. – Norman Cousins

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Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt. – Norman Cousins

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Philosophical
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Where is the indignation about the fact that the United States and Soviet Union have accumulated thirty thousand pounds of destructive force for every human being in the world? – Norman Cousins

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War
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What was most significant about the lunar voyage was not that men set foot on the moon but that they set eye on the earth. – Norman Cousins

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Perspective
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Probably the most honest “self-made man” ever was the one we heard say: “I got to the top the hard way — fighting my own laziness and ignorance every step of the way.” – James Thom

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Novelties please less than they impress. – Byron, Don Juan, 1824

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Miscellaneous

Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice. – Author Unknown

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Miscellaneous

I am convinced, the longer I live, that life and its blessings are not so entirely unjustly distributed as when we are suffering greatly we are inclined to suppose. – Mary Todd Lincoln

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Miscellaneous

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The outward man is the swinging door; the inner man is the still hinge. – Eckhart

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If you speak the truth, have a foot in the stirrup. – Proverb

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What were doing is fun – if you have any sense of humor at all! – Calvin Klein

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When this sad war is over we will all return to our homes, and feel that we can ask no higher honor than the proud consciousness that we belonged to the Army of the Potomac. – George B. McClellan

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