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An onion can make people cry...

  An onion can make people cry, but there has never been a vegetable invented to make them laugh. --Will Rogers Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of witnesses. --Margaret Millar It is equally offensive to speed a guest who would like to stay and to detain one who is anxious to leave. --Homer When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt, quoted Kansas City Star, June 5, 1977 A minute's success pays the failure of years. --Robert Browning The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving. --Oliver Wendell Holmes Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing. --Abraham Lincoln Nothing fails like success. --Gerald Nachman The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else. --Martina Navratilova When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half. --Gracie Allen Check out Mus...

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Albert Einstein. Photo: bbc.com Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. - Albert Einstein There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality. - Pablo Picasso It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. - Harry S Truman Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do. - Dale Carnegie People ask for criticism, but they only want praise. - W. Somerset Maugham, "Of Human Bondage", 1915 Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing. - Abraham Lincoln The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication. - Cecil B. DeMille Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed. - Emily Dickinson You always pass failure on the way to success. - Mickey Rooney ...