"I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling."

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"I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling."

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"Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean."

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"Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

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"My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging."

Hank Aaron, American Athlete

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"There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause."

Lynn Abbey, American Author

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Samuel Adams, American Revolutionary

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Aeschylus, Greek Poet

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"A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well."

Louisa May Alcott, American Novelist

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Chris Van Allsburg, American Author

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Pedro Almodovar, Spanish Director

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