"We meet all life's greatest tests alone."

-- Agnes Macphail

“Power lies in the details, and the tenacious pursuit of such hidden levers can pay off enormously. While you don't want to get a reputation as a prissy worrywart, worrying about the details in private is important. You may think you are the world's greatest speaker, but if the auditorium's sound system is singing static - well, forget it.”
“Your chances of getting hit by lighting go up if you stand under a tree, shake your fist at the sky, and say "Storms suck!!”
“It is notorious that, whenever the demand for labor is much greater than the supply, or the wages of labor are much higher than the expenses of living, very many, even on the ordinary laboring class, are remarkable for indolence, and work no more than compelled by necessity.”
“I've so exceeded what I ever wanted to do.”

Source : "Graham Norton on taking a pay cut, wanting to interview Madonna and Downton Abbey". www.mirror.co.uk. October 28, 2011.
“A true friend will see you through when others see that you are through.”
“You can be sure that I will always consider how changes to Social Security will impact people with disabilities when considering the various proposals offered for reform.”
“You don't have to be a genius when you're surrounded by morons.”
“Always guarding one's real, precious self in a cocoon of tranquility within a thousand masks. Life itself had become a secret affair.”

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