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The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than about what others are saying, and we never listen when we are eager to speak.

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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

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To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is putting out the lamp because dawn has come.

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Not many can admit their fears, but those who can lead a fulfilling life of happiness knowing they hide nothing and need not to.

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Trying is the first step towards failure.

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...and that this country shall have a new birth of freedom, and that this government, of the people, for the people, by the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

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Becuase I could not stop for Death
He kindly stopped for me
The carriage held but just ourselves
And Immortality

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Heroes are often the most ordinary of men.

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I hold before you my hand with each finger standing erect and alone, and as long as they are held thus, not one of the tasks that the hand may preform can be accomplished. I cannot lift. I cannot grasp. I cannot hold. I cannot even make an intelligible sign until my fingers organize and work together. In this we should also learn a lesson.

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