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It’s not the easiest thing to try and put a smile on a face. But it’s always worth it.
Jerry Seinfeld

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Tags: 1900s, 2000s, American, b. 1954, Comedian, comedy, Long Island, New York City, U.S., Writer

Beauty conforms to the demands of the spirit.
Mark Rothko

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Tags: 1900s, Artist, beauty, New York, New York City, Painter, spirit, U.S.

Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own.
Bruce Lee

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Tags: 1900s, Actor, American, b. 1940, California, Chinese, Film director, Hong Kong, Kowloon, Martial Artist, mindset, personality, Philosopher, San Francisco, U.S., unique

Committee—a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours.
Milton Bearle

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Tags: Actor, b. 1908, business, California, Comedian, committee, film, funny, Harlem, Hollywood, humor, Los Angeles, New York City, U.S.

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
Henry David Thoreau

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Published by the Editor in Henry David Thoreau

Tags: 1800s, American, b. 1817, balance, commerce, Concord, happiness, life, Massachusetts, money, Philosopher, Poet, Transcendentalism, U.S., Writer

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
Abraham Lincoln

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Tags: 1800s, American, b. 1809, Kentucky, Lawyer, patience, Politician, President, process, quality, Sinking Spring Farm, Statesman, U.S.

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