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“The issue of time is not what we have done but what we have become. It soon becomes apparent that the critical element is progress, not longevity. The question is not how much time we have logged, but how far we have progressed.” -Dallin H. Oaks
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“The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.” -Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates was born in 1938. She is an American novelist, playwright, short story writer, novella writer, and poet. Among her more than novels are “Black Water,” “What I Lived For,” and “Blonde.”
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“When people undermine your dreams, predict your doom, or criticize you, remember, they’re telling you their story, not yours.” -Cynthia Occelli
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“I don’t dwell on my age. It might limit what I can do. As long as I have my mind and health, it’s just a number.” -Nola Ochs
Nola Ochs was born in 1911. She was the world’s oldest college graduate.
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“The ingredients of happiness are so simple that they can be counted on one hand. First of all, happiness must be shared. Selfishness is its enemy; to make another happy is to be happy one’s self. It is quiet, seldom found for long in crowds, most easily won in moments of solitude and reflection. It comes from within, and rests most securely on simple goodness and clear conscience.” -William Ogden
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“I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.” -Georgia O’Keeffe
“You have to get talked about to have your work sell.” -Georgia O’Keeffe
Georgia Totto O’Keeffe was born on 15 November 1887 in Town of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, United States of America. She was an American artist. Georgia Totto O’Keeffe passed on at 98 years of age on 6 March 1986 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America.
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“But, the natural world is the old river that runs through everything, and I think poets will forever fish along its shores.” -Mary Oliver
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“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” -Ken Olson (1977)
Ken Olsen founded the Digital Equipment Corporation, and was later its president and chairman.
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“As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress.” -J. Robert Oppenheimer
“In a free world, if it is to remain free, we must maintain, with our lives if need be, but surely by our lives, the opportunity for a man to learn anything.” -J. Robert Oppenheimer
“There are children playing in the streets who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago.” -J. Robert Oppenheimer
Julius Robert Oppenheimer, also known as J. Robert Oppenheimer, was born on 22 April 1904. He was an American theoretical physicist and professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, and director of the Manhattan Project that developed the first nuclear weapons, detonated on 16 July 1945, in the Trinity test in New Mexico. Julius Robert Oppenheimer passed on at 62 years of age on 18 February 1967.
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The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance;
The wise grows it under his feet.
-James Oppenheim: “The Wise”
James Oppenheim was born on 24 May 1882 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America. He was a short story writer, novelist, and the founder and editor of “The Seven Arts” literary magazine. James Oppenheim passed on at 50 years of age on 4 August 1932 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.” -Robert Orben
“Live your life so that if someone says ‘Be yourself,’ it’s good advice.” -Robert Orben
Robert Orben was born in 1927. He is an American magician and comedy writer.
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“Be true to your word and your work and your friend.” -John Boyle O’Reilly: as quoted in James Jeffrey Roche: “The Life of John Boyle O’Reilly” (1891), ‘Rules of the Road’
John Boyle O’Reilly was born in 1844. He was an Irish-born poet and journalist. John Boyle O’Reilly passed on in 1890.
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“Each American embassy comes with two permanent features - a giant anti-American demonstration and a giant line for American visas. Most demonstrators spend half their time burning Old Glory and the other half waiting for green cards.” -P. J. O’Rourke
“Everybody wants to save the Earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.” -P. J. O’Rourke
“If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free!” -P. J. O’Rourke
“Never fight an inanimate object.” -P. J. O’Rourke
“One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty in finding someone to blame your troubles on. And when you do find someone, it’s remarkable how often their picture turns up on your driver’s license.” -P. J. O’Rourke
“When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.” -P. J. O’Rourke
“You can’t get rid of poverty by giving people money.” -P. J. O’Rourke
P. J. O’Rourke was born in 1947. He is an American political satirist.
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“Whatever the thinker thinks, the prover proves.” -Leonard Orr
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“The mass crushes beneath it everything that is different, everything that is excellent, individual, qualified, and select. Anybody who is not like everybody, who does not think like everybody, runs the risk of being eliminated.” -José Ortega y Gasset: “The Revolt of the Masses” (1929)
José Ortega y Gasset was born in 1883. He was a Spanish philosopher. José Ortega y Gasset passed on in 1955.
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“Undertake something that is difficult; it will do you good. Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.” -Ronald E. Osborn
Ronald E. Osborn is a reverend.
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“One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.” -William Osler (1849 - 1919): as quoted in “Aphorisms from his Bedside Teachings” (1961), page 105
“Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.” -William Osler
“The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.” -William Osler
“To know what has to be done, then do it, comprises the whole philosophy of practical life.” -William Osler
“When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances will fit in with them.” -William Osler
“Work is the open sesame of every portal, the great equalizer in the world, the true philosopher’s stone which transmutes all the base metal of humanity into gold.” -William Osler
William Osler was born on 12 July 1849. He was a physician, a medical historian, and a scientist. William Osler passed on at 70 years of age on 29 December 1919.
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“Act like you are blessed. Talk like you are blessed. Walk like you are blessed. Put actions behind your faith and one day you will see it become a reality.” -Joel Osteen
You have to take the good
with the bad, smile when
you are sad, love what
you’ve got and remember
what you had. Always
forgive but not forget,
learn from your mistake
but never regret, people
change, things go wrong,
just remember life goes on.
-Joel Osteen
“You cannot soar with the eagles as long as you hang out with the turkeys.” -Joel Osteen
Joel Osteen was born in 1963. He was an American author, televangelist, and senior pastor of Lakewood church in Houston, Texas. Mr. Osteen is known for sharing positive messages of hope and encouragement. His ministry reaches more than seven million broadcast media viewers weekly in more than one hundred countries.
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When you walk to the edge of all the light you have
And you take the first step into the darkness of the unknown
You must believe that one of two things will happen
There will be something solid for you to stand upon
Or you will be taught to fly.
-Patrick Overton: “The Leaning Tree” (1975): “Faith”; type of work: poem within a collection of poems in book form (similar quotation attributed to Barbara J. Winter)
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“Find the good. It’s all around you. Find it, showcase it, and you’ll start believing in it.” -Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens was born in 1913. He was an American athlete. In 1935, Jesse Owens set six track and field world records in less than one hour. Jesse Owens passed on in 1980.
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“It is not the glorious battlements, the painted windows, the crouching gargoyles that support a building, but the stones that lie unseen in or upon the Earth. It is often those who are despised and trampled on that bear up the weight of a whole nation.” -John Owen
“Without absolutes revealed from without by God Himself, we are left rudderless in a sea of conflicting ideas about manners, justice and right and wrong, issuing from a multitude of self-opinionated thinkers.” -John Owen
John Owen was born in 1616. John Owen passed on in 1683.
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“The issue of time is not what we have done but what we have become. It soon becomes apparent that the critical element is progress, not longevity. The question is not how much time we have logged, but how far we have progressed.” -Dallin H. Oaks
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“The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.” -Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates was born in 1938. She is an American novelist, playwright, short story writer, novella writer, and poet. Among her more than novels are “Black Water,” “What I Lived For,” and “Blonde.”
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“When people undermine your dreams, predict your doom, or criticize you, remember, they’re telling you their story, not yours.” -Cynthia Occelli
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“I don’t dwell on my age. It might limit what I can do. As long as I have my mind and health, it’s just a number.” -Nola Ochs
Nola Ochs was born in 1911. She was the world’s oldest college graduate.
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“The ingredients of happiness are so simple that they can be counted on one hand. First of all, happiness must be shared. Selfishness is its enemy; to make another happy is to be happy one’s self. It is quiet, seldom found for long in crowds, most easily won in moments of solitude and reflection. It comes from within, and rests most securely on simple goodness and clear conscience.” -William Ogden
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“I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.” -Georgia O’Keeffe
“You have to get talked about to have your work sell.” -Georgia O’Keeffe
Georgia Totto O’Keeffe was born on 15 November 1887 in Town of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, United States of America. She was an American artist. Georgia Totto O’Keeffe passed on at 98 years of age on 6 March 1986 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America.
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“But, the natural world is the old river that runs through everything, and I think poets will forever fish along its shores.” -Mary Oliver
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“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” -Ken Olson (1977)
Ken Olsen founded the Digital Equipment Corporation, and was later its president and chairman.
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“As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress.” -J. Robert Oppenheimer
“In a free world, if it is to remain free, we must maintain, with our lives if need be, but surely by our lives, the opportunity for a man to learn anything.” -J. Robert Oppenheimer
“There are children playing in the streets who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago.” -J. Robert Oppenheimer
Julius Robert Oppenheimer, also known as J. Robert Oppenheimer, was born on 22 April 1904. He was an American theoretical physicist and professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, and director of the Manhattan Project that developed the first nuclear weapons, detonated on 16 July 1945, in the Trinity test in New Mexico. Julius Robert Oppenheimer passed on at 62 years of age on 18 February 1967.
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The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance;
The wise grows it under his feet.
-James Oppenheim: “The Wise”
James Oppenheim was born on 24 May 1882 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America. He was a short story writer, novelist, and the founder and editor of “The Seven Arts” literary magazine. James Oppenheim passed on at 50 years of age on 4 August 1932 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.” -Robert Orben
“Live your life so that if someone says ‘Be yourself,’ it’s good advice.” -Robert Orben
Robert Orben was born in 1927. He is an American magician and comedy writer.
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“Be true to your word and your work and your friend.” -John Boyle O’Reilly: as quoted in James Jeffrey Roche: “The Life of John Boyle O’Reilly” (1891), ‘Rules of the Road’
John Boyle O’Reilly was born in 1844. He was an Irish-born poet and journalist. John Boyle O’Reilly passed on in 1890.
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“Each American embassy comes with two permanent features - a giant anti-American demonstration and a giant line for American visas. Most demonstrators spend half their time burning Old Glory and the other half waiting for green cards.” -P. J. O’Rourke
“Everybody wants to save the Earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.” -P. J. O’Rourke
“If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free!” -P. J. O’Rourke
“Never fight an inanimate object.” -P. J. O’Rourke
“One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty in finding someone to blame your troubles on. And when you do find someone, it’s remarkable how often their picture turns up on your driver’s license.” -P. J. O’Rourke
“When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.” -P. J. O’Rourke
“You can’t get rid of poverty by giving people money.” -P. J. O’Rourke
P. J. O’Rourke was born in 1947. He is an American political satirist.
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“Whatever the thinker thinks, the prover proves.” -Leonard Orr
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“The mass crushes beneath it everything that is different, everything that is excellent, individual, qualified, and select. Anybody who is not like everybody, who does not think like everybody, runs the risk of being eliminated.” -José Ortega y Gasset: “The Revolt of the Masses” (1929)
José Ortega y Gasset was born in 1883. He was a Spanish philosopher. José Ortega y Gasset passed on in 1955.
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“Undertake something that is difficult; it will do you good. Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.” -Ronald E. Osborn
Ronald E. Osborn is a reverend.
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“One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.” -William Osler (1849 - 1919): as quoted in “Aphorisms from his Bedside Teachings” (1961), page 105
“Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.” -William Osler
“The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.” -William Osler
“To know what has to be done, then do it, comprises the whole philosophy of practical life.” -William Osler
“When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances will fit in with them.” -William Osler
“Work is the open sesame of every portal, the great equalizer in the world, the true philosopher’s stone which transmutes all the base metal of humanity into gold.” -William Osler
William Osler was born on 12 July 1849. He was a physician, a medical historian, and a scientist. William Osler passed on at 70 years of age on 29 December 1919.
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“Act like you are blessed. Talk like you are blessed. Walk like you are blessed. Put actions behind your faith and one day you will see it become a reality.” -Joel Osteen
You have to take the good
with the bad, smile when
you are sad, love what
you’ve got and remember
what you had. Always
forgive but not forget,
learn from your mistake
but never regret, people
change, things go wrong,
just remember life goes on.
-Joel Osteen
“You cannot soar with the eagles as long as you hang out with the turkeys.” -Joel Osteen
Joel Osteen was born in 1963. He was an American author, televangelist, and senior pastor of Lakewood church in Houston, Texas. Mr. Osteen is known for sharing positive messages of hope and encouragement. His ministry reaches more than seven million broadcast media viewers weekly in more than one hundred countries.
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When you walk to the edge of all the light you have
And you take the first step into the darkness of the unknown
You must believe that one of two things will happen
There will be something solid for you to stand upon
Or you will be taught to fly.
-Patrick Overton: “The Leaning Tree” (1975): “Faith”; type of work: poem within a collection of poems in book form (similar quotation attributed to Barbara J. Winter)
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“Find the good. It’s all around you. Find it, showcase it, and you’ll start believing in it.” -Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens was born in 1913. He was an American athlete. In 1935, Jesse Owens set six track and field world records in less than one hour. Jesse Owens passed on in 1980.
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“It is not the glorious battlements, the painted windows, the crouching gargoyles that support a building, but the stones that lie unseen in or upon the Earth. It is often those who are despised and trampled on that bear up the weight of a whole nation.” -John Owen
“Without absolutes revealed from without by God Himself, we are left rudderless in a sea of conflicting ideas about manners, justice and right and wrong, issuing from a multitude of self-opinionated thinkers.” -John Owen
John Owen was born in 1616. John Owen passed on in 1683.
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