“Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”
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Seafood diet – Dolly Parton
“I’m on a seafood diet — I see food, I eat it.”
– Dolly Parton
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Well done – Benjamin Franklin
“Well done is better than well said.”
– Benjamin Franklin
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True – Philip Levine
“Some things you know all your life. They are so simple and true they must be said without elegance, meter and rhyme…they must be naked and alone, they must stand for themselves.”
– Philip Levine
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Common sense – Joan Crawford
“If you have an ounce of common sense and one good friend you don’t need an analyst.”
– Joan Crawford
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Look up at the stars – Stephen Hawking
“One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don’t throw it away.”
– Stephen Hawking
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Afraid – Diana Gabaldon
“Don’t be afraid. There’s the two of us now.”
– Diana Gabaldon
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Teachers – Dalaï Lama
“Teachers open the door, but students must enter themselves.”
– Dalaï Lama
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Morality – Immanuel Kant
“Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.”
– Immanuel Kant
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Certainty – Benjamin Franklin
“Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.”
– Benjamin Franklin
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Marriage – Benjamin Franklin
“Keep the eyes wide open before marriage and half shut afterwards.”
– Benjamin Franklin
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Someone’s got to do it – Messing
“Someone’s got to do it, why not you?”
– Messing
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Responsibility – Brian Koslow
“The more you are willing to accept responsibility for your actions, the more credibility you will have.”
– Brian Koslow
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Leisure – Henry Greber
“Only a person who can live with himself can enjoy the gift of leisure.”
– Henry Greber
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Consequences – Wallace Stegner
“There is a sense in which we are all each other’s consequences.”
– Wallace Stegner