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Steve Jobs quote: "Those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world..."
Those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world usually do. Steve Jobs
Arthur Conan Doyle quote: "What is out of the common is usually a guide rather than a..."
What is out of the common is usually a guide rather than a hindrance. Arthur Conan Doyle
C. S. Lewis quote: "I have learned now that while those who speak about one's..."
I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more. C. S. Lewis
At the exact moment any decision seems to be being made, it's usually long after the real decision was actually made--like light we see emitted from stars. Richard Ford
They had been at the center of something vast, but as usual with the affairs of the Powers, no one knew quite what had happened, nor the result of the strivings."A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge
Readers of this memo will be disappointed to know that Bong-Bong Gad (sic), designer/owner/driver/proprietor of the vehicle, anticipated the inevitable "there but for THE GRACE OF GOD go I" witticism by unloading same on Yours Truly while we were still shaking hands (Filipinos go in for long handshakes, and the first party to initiate termination of a handshake—usually the non-Filipino—is invariably left with a nagging feeling that he is a shithead) Neal Stephenson
Unmarried women in their forties, with false teeth and tousled hair, aren't usually held in the highest esteem by our society. The feeling seemed to be that if I could be a success then anyone could! Susan Boyle
It's been my experience that people who make proclamations about themselves are usually the opposite of what they claim to be. Chelsea Handler
Nothing in Man is either worse or better for being shared with the beasts. When we blame a man for being "a mere animal", we mean not that he displays animal characteristics (we all do) but that he displays these, and only these, on occasions where the specifically human was demanded. (When we call him "brutal" we usually mean that he commits cruelties impossible to most real brutes; they’re not clever enough). C. S. Lewis
Sin, he reflected, is not what it is usually thought to be; it is not to steal and tell lies. Sin is for one man to walk brutally over the life of another and to be quite oblivious of the wounds he has left behind. Shusaku Endo
Laurell K. Hamilton quote: "Assuming the worst was always safer. And usually truer."
Assuming the worst was always safer. And usually truer. Laurell K. Hamilton
Habit is necessary. It is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive ... one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in the big things, and happy in small ways. Edith Wharton
Nicholas Sparks quote: "Tough toenails, tiger. What you want and what you get are..."
Tough toenails, tiger. What you want and what you get are usually two entirely different things. Nicholas Sparks
I can't emphasize this idea enough. Getting involved with your collaborator's problems almost always distracts you from your own. That can be tempting. That can be a relief. But it usually leads to disaster. Twyla Tharp
Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observing, that the most swift are usually the least manageable and the most likely to stray from the course. Great abilities have always been less serviceable to the possessors than moderate ones. Oliver Goldsmith

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