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Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
Mind
Thomas Robert Dewar

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We only think when we are confronted with problems.
Challenges
John Dewey

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When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.
Forgiveness
Princess of Wales Diana

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Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
Reality
Philip K. Dick

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Reality is whatever refuses to go away when I stop believing in it.
Reality
Philip K. Dick

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Anything for the quick life, as the man said when he took the situation at the lighthouse.
Life and Living
Charles Dickens

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A word is dead when it is said. Some say. I say it just, begins to live that day.
Words
Emily Dickinson

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Faith is a fine invention when Gentleman can see -- but microscopes are prudent in an emergency
Science and Scientists
Emily Dickinson

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Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door.
Opportunity
Emily Dickinson

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A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.
Friends and Friendship
Readers Digest

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Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?
Punishment
Diogenes of Sinope

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It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.
Value
Roy Disney

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Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
Royalty
Benjamin Disraeli

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Genius, when young, is divine.
Genius
Benjamin Disraeli

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Man is only truly great when he acts from his passions.
Greatness
Benjamin Disraeli

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Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so you apologize for truth.
Truth
Benjamin Disraeli

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Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
Expediency
Benjamin Disraeli

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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
Truth
Benjamin Disraeli

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The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
Preparation
Benjamin Disraeli

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When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
Anecdotes
Benjamin Disraeli

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When little is done, little is said; silence is the mother of truth.
Silence
Benjamin Disraeli

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When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.
Law and Lawyers
Benjamin Disraeli

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It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us.
Excellence
Isaac Disraeli

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When I die I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin.
Death and Dying
J. P. Donleavy

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When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.
Death and Dying
John Donne

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun