You can lead
a horse to water,
but
if you can make it do the back-stroke,
you REALLY got yourself something.
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Just
because you can do something does not necessarily mean you should
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People who think they know everything,
surely annoy those of us who do
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The
light at the end of the tunnel
may
be the headlights of an oncoming freight-train.
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Learn to dance,
otherwise
the angels in heaven won't know what to do with you.
(Augustinus)
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Insanity (a definition:) Doing the same thing(s) over and over,
and expecting the result(s) to be different
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Insanity is heredirary;
you get it from your kids
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In Canada, people who get
sick, get their medical care paid for
by the Canadian Goverment.
I would like to see the same system in the US:
You get sick, and your medical care gets paid by the Canadian Government.
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Why postpone until tomorrow what, with any luck,
you may never have to do at all
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my mind is made-up;
don't confuse me with facts
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Someday my ship will come in,
and with my luck - I'll be at the airport.
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Nothing is ever as simple as it
looks.
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If you think you have everything under control,
you obviously overlooked something.
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Why make it difficult if, with just a bit more effort,
you can make it impossible
(the
creed of many a manager, I've known)
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Do not blame on malice of
forethought,
what
could just as easily be attributed to
ignorance and superstition.
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Some things are too complicated
for their own good
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"I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as
my telephone.
My
wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone."
(Bjarne Stroustrup, originator of the
C++ computer programming language)
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if two wrongs don't make a right,
- will three?
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I plan to live forever
- so far, so good.
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we have the best government, money can buy
[I
think Mark Twain said that]
or, to put it in a different way:
(Dave Mathis)
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Keep your expectations low
that way you'll be rarely disappointed
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When elephants fight - it's the grass that suffers
(African
expression)
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visualize
whirled
peas
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keep smiling
it makes people wonder what you're up to
-
old
age and treachery will overcome youth and ambition any time
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a piece of wood will never become
a fish
regardless
how long it's in the water
(Wouter Beke)
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The real leader has no need to lead
- he is content to point the way.
(Henry Miller)
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A house divided - is a condominium.
(Red Buttons)
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There
are three types of people with whom it's hard to argue:
There are two
types of people in the world:
ON THE OTHER HAND:
Our
knowledge has made us cynical,
our cleverness hard and unkind.
We think too much, and feel too little.
More
than machinery, we need humanity.
More than cleverness
we need kindness and gentleness.
Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.
— Charlie Chaplin, "The Great Dictator” 
