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The joy is in the journey and not arriving at the destination. - Diane Sawyer

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment - Barry LePatner

Three-fourths of the people you will ever meet are hungering and thirsting for sympathy. Give it to them, and they will love you. - Dale Carnegie

Treat your friends as you do your picture, and place them in their best light. - Jennie Jerome Churchill

A: I really don't know if I can stand to have Mary for a roommate one more day. She's driving me crazy.
B: Oh, what's wrong?
A: Well, for one thing she's always messing up the kitchen.
B: Really?
A: And not only that. She's forever leaving her dirty socks on the floor for me to pick up.
B: That's must be inconvenient for you.
A: It is. And what's more, she's constantly bragging about herself.
Can you believe that? And she's always trying to show me that she's smarter than I.
B: I think you're right. You need to find a new roommate.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it. - Alan Kay

Once the mind releases itself into love, there are suddenly a thousand obvious ways to show it. - Hugh and Gayle Prather.

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often. - Winston Churchill.

A: I was locked out of my apartment last night.
B: How did that happen? Did you leave your keys somewhere?
A: No. I came home and found a sign on the door saying that the owner had changed the locks.
B: Well, how did you get in?
A: I had to go to the rental office and pick up my new keys.
B: What an inconvenience! They should have given you notice ahead of time.

A: Did you go back to the office last night after dinner?
B: Yes, but I was locked out so I went right home.

A: May I help you?
B: Yes, I'd like a glass of coffee and a small coke, please.
A: Will that be all?
B: Yes, that's all.
A: Here or to go?
B: To go

1. a quarter pounder and a chocolate shake/ here
2. fries/to go
3. a hamburger and a large coke/ here

There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long range risks and costs of comfortable inaction. - John F. Kennedy

Give plenty of what is given to you,
And listen to pity's call;
Don't think the little you give is great
And the much you get is small.
Phoebe Cary

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. - Franklin D. Roosevelt

The man who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself. - Marijorie Holmes

I think that being relaxed at all times, and I mean relaxed, not collapsed, can add to the happiness and duration of one's life and looks. And relaxed people are fun to be around. - Cary Grant

A: Have you gone for that job interview at the building I told you?
B: Not yet. My appointment is tomorrow.
A: You have the experience. You should do all right.
B: I hope so, anyway.
A: Remember, they want someone who works well with people.
B: Yes, I'll keep that in mind.

A: Don't forget to bring your camera this weekend?
B: Sure. I'll keep it in mind.

A: Did anyone take my seat?
B: No, I kept an eye on it.

A: Where's my laptop?
B: I don't know. Where did you leave it?
A: I just put it on this chair, and now it's gone.
B: Are you sure?
A: Of course I'm sure. I bet somebody stole it.
B: You should have kept an eye on it.

The wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. - Francis Bacon

A man's character is judged by that of the friends whose society he takes pleasure in. - Aesop

When the cat is away, the mice will play.
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To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun? - Katherine Graham

There is always hope for an individual who stops to do some serious thinking about life. - Katherine Logan

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Love your enemy - it'll drive him nuts. - Anonymous