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[Teri]

The greatest roadblock to a great relationship
is trying to force a partner to change through bribes or threats.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

[Orrin]

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

~Confucius

[Teri]

Inaction breeds doubt and fear.
Action breeds confidence and courage.
If you want to conquer fear,
do not sit home and think about it.
Go out and get busy.
- Dale Carnegie

[Orrin]

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

~Mark Twain

[Teri]

Do not marry a man to reform him.
That is what reform schools are for.
- Mae West

[Orrin]

What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out.

~Alfred Hitchcock

[Teri]

Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.
Quentin Crisp

[Orrin]

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

~Napoleon Bonaparte

[JohnT]

“Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done.”

― Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

[Teri]

The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.
William Faulkner

[Teri]

One great thing about getting old is that you can get out of all sorts of social obligations just by saying you're too tired.
- George Carlin

[Orrin]

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

~Mae West

[JohnT]

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in
my heart) i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go, my dear;and whatever is done
by only me is your doing ,my darling)

- from a poem by E. E. Cumings

[Teri]

I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything,
I still believe that people are really good at heart.
- Anne Frank

[Orrin]

Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.

~Robert Redford