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• You know, the mark of intelligence is realizing when you're making the same mistake over and over and over again, and not hitting your head in the wall five hundred times before you understand that it's not a clever thing to do.

  Linus Torvalds

  Wall, Clever, Mistake

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• Never use prayer as an excuse to procrastinate doing what you already know is the right thing to do.

  Rick Warren

  Prayer, Use, Procrastinating

  Twitter post from Jul 11, 2014

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• ...for the contingent out there who sneer at heroes like Superman and Wonder Woman and Captain America, those icons who still, at their core, represent selfless sacrifice for the greater good, and who justify their contempt by saying, oh, it's so unrealistic, no one would ever be so noble... grow up. Seriously. Cynicism is not maturity, do not mistake the one for the other. If you truly cannot accept a story where someone does the right thing because it's the right thing to do, that says far more about who you are than these characters.

  Greg Rucka

  Growing Up, Mistake, Hero

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• Take control of the time you have with your kids as one day they will be all grown up and have their own friends and things to do. Cherish every moment you have with them now as you might not see them as they get older. It becomes their schedule not yours!

  Kevin McCarty

  Kids, Cherish Every Moment, One Day

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• When Christians are caught in sin, they do not need isolation or amputation; they need restoration. The proper thing to do is to help them confess their sins and find forgiveness in Christ, and then welcome them back into the fellowship of the church.

  Philip Graham Ryken

  Christian, Church, Needs

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• This (French-Kissing) is a really sexy thing to do, according to the French people, although you should bear in mind that they also like to eat snails.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Sexy, Humorous

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• I think that it's a crime to say you are bored when time is so precious and there are so many things to do in life: read, learn, watch.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Hate, Thinking, Bored

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• Sometimes the hardest thing to do in a pressure situation is to allow the tension to persist. The temptation is to make a decision, any decision, even if it is an inferior choice.

  Garry Kasparov

  Success, Choices, Decision

  Garry Kasparov (2010). “How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom”, p.104, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• I think the hardest thing to do in the world, show-business-wise, is write comedy.

  Carol Burnett

  Wise, Writing, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I love England though; I've been back a few times and just love it. My favorite thing to do there is going to museums and all the castles. Oh, and my husband and I went mountain biking across England on our honeymoon!

  Catherine Bell

  Husband, Museums, Mountain

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Sometimes the hardest thing to do is just to stay human.

  Michael Franti

  Sometimes, Hardest, Humans

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• I know that there are those who disagree with the overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change. But here's the thing -- even if you doubt the evidence, providing incentives for energy-efficien cy and clean energy are the right thing to do for our future -- because the nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy. And America must be that nation.

  Barack Obama

  America, Doubt, Energy

  First Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 27 January 2010, Washington, D.C.

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• LeRoy says there's something you should know, not everybody has a place to go. And home is just a place to hang your head, and dream of things to do in Denver when you're dead.

  Warren Zevon

  Dream, Travel, Home

  Song: Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead, Album: Mr. Bad Example, 1991

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• The thing to do is to concentrate on the seer and not on the seen, not on the objects, but on the Light which reveals them.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Light, Seers, Objects

  A. Devaraja Mudaliar, Maharshi Ramana (1968). “Day by Day with Bhagavan: From a Diary of A. Devaraja Mudaliar, Covering March 16, 1945 to January 4, 1947”

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• Because it's possible to do, and you have the right to do it, doesn't mean it's the right thing to do.

  Laura Schlessinger

  Mean, Right Thing

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• And children, if your parents haven't been teaching you what it means to be an American, let 'em know and nail 'em on it. That would be a very American thing to do.

  Ronald Reagan

  Children, Teaching, Mean

  Farewell Address to the Nation, delivered 11 January 1989, Washington D.C.

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• Investing in women is not only the right thing to do, but also the smart thing to do.

  Hillary Clinton

  Smart, Investing, Right Thing

  Hillary Rodham Clinton, Tim Kaine (2016). “Stronger Together”, p.159, Simon and Schuster

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• I don't have time to think about age. There are so many things to do.

  Ursula Andress

  Thinking, Age, Time To Think

  "How Can Women Make Beauty Last, Inside and Out?". Larry King Live, edition.cnn.com. June 8, 2000.

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• The most sensible thing to do to people you hate is to drink their brandy.

  Elizabeth Taylor

  Hate, People, Drink

  Elizabeth Taylor (2015). “A View of the Harbour”, p.86, New York Review of Books

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• My method of helping someone is saying, 'Wow, you look amazing. Let me help you look even better.' I think tearing someone down is an awful thing to do. It has a lasting impression on people.

  Carson Kressley

  Thinking, Helping Someone, People

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I love Twitter. My favorite thing to do these days is to Tweet things that seem very questionable as to whether I’m joking or not.

  Max Greenfield

  Favorites Things, My Favorite, Tweet

  "The GQA: Max Greenfield". Interview with Lauren Bans, www.gq.com. January 10, 2011.

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• When you're being stalked by an angry mob with raspberries, the first thing to do is to release a tiger.

  John Cleese

  Advice, Firsts, Raspberries

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• There's only one thing to do with God's offer of the gift of salvation: Say "thank you" and embrace it.

  David Jeremiah

  God, Christian, Religious

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• That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does it: This high man, with a great thing to pursue, Dies ere he knows it. That low man goes on adding one to one, His hundred's soon hit: This high man, aiming at a million, Misses an unit. That, has the world here-should he need the next, Let the world mind him! This, throws himself on God, and unperplext Seeking shall find Him.

  Robert Browning

  Men, Missing, Mind

  'A Grammarian's Funeral' (1855) l. 113

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• I'm fearful when I push myself. It's a tough thing to do, but you need to acknowledge that you have what it takes to succeed.

  Gretchen Bleiler

  Needs, Succeed, Tough

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