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Ten Random Quotes

"I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned."
Daniel Webster

"We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey."
John Hope Franklin

"I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance."
Edward Estlin Cummings

"Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast."
Thomas Jefferson

"Because gratification of a desire leads to the temporary stilling of the mind and the experience of the peaceful, joyful Self. It's no wonder that we get hooked on thinking that happiness comes from the satisfaction of desires. This is the meaning of the old adage, "Joy is not in things, it is in us.""
Joan Borysenko

"Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing."
William Shakespeare

"I am an obsessive rewriter, doing one draft and then another and another, usually five. In a way, I have nothing to say, but a great deal to add."
Gore Vidal

"As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you."
Fran Lebowitz

"I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by the gentle ways of peace and love."
Thomas Traherne

"If you can manipulate news, a judge can manipulate the law. A smart lawyer can keep a killer out of jail, a smart accountant can keep a thief from paying taxes, a smart reporter could ruin your reputation- unfairly."
Mario Cuomo

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