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Those who dream by day

  Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. - Edgar Allan Poe, 'Eleanora,' 1842 I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble. - Agatha Christie, An Autobiography, 1977 One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. - A. A. Milne The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. - Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl, 1952 To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. - Elbert Hubbard Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance. - Ralph Waldo Emerson If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. - Albert Einstein Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.  - Emily Dicki...

Style is knowing who you are

  Gore Vidal Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say and not giving a damn. - Gore Vidal Don't rule out working with your hands. It does not preclude using your head. - Andy Rooney Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. - Kurt Vonnegut Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple. - Dr. Seuss The body says what words cannot. - Martha Graham It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear. - Dick Cavett Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped. - Elbert Hubbard The enthusiasm of a woman's love is even beyond the biographer's. - Jane Austen, Mansfield Park Accept the pain, cherish the joys, resolve the regrets; then can come the best of benedictions - 'If I had my life to live over, I'd do it all the same.' - Joan McIntosh I would never die for my beliefs because I might be...