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The secret of staying young

  Lucille Ball The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. --Lucille Ball All things must change to something new, to something strange. --Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. --Marie Curie How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese? --Charles De Gaulle, in "Les Mots du General", 1962 You live and learn. At any rate, you live. --Douglas Adams I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them. --Jane Austen It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time. --Sir Winston Churchill A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things. --Herman Melville Lack of money is the root of all evil. --George Bernard Shaw You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. --Jack London READ MORE...

Carry the battle to them

  Harry S Truman Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive. And don't ever apologize for anything. --Harry S Truman I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy. --Frank Zappa Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. -- Plato If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right. --Henry Ford Indecision may or may not be my problem. --Jimmy Buffett Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. --Thomas Jefferson If your parents never had children, chances are you won't, either. --Dick Cavett I never think of the future - it comes soon enough. --Albert Einstein One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done. - Marie Curie, Letter to her brother, 1894 No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. --Eleanor Roosevelt, 'This Is My Story,' 1937 READ MORE Check out Lemp...