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Able Quotes - Page 11

To pursue a goal which is by definition unattainable is to condemn oneself to a state of perpetual unhappiness.

John A. Spaulding, George Simpson, Emile Durkheim (2010). “Suicide”, p.248, Simon and Schuster

If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start.

"Fictional character: Henry Chinaski". "Factotum", www.imdb.com. 2005.

We will establish a new system that makes high-quality health care available to every American in a dignified manner and at a price he can afford.

Nixon, Richard M. (1975). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1974”, p.49, Best Books on

A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.

Will Durant, Ariel Durant (1944). “The Story of Civilization: Caesar and Christ, a history of Roman civilization and of Christianity from their beginnings to A.D. 325”

The beet is the most intense of vegetables

Tom Robbins (2003). “Jitterbug Perfume”, p.1, Bantam

Great persons are able to do great kindnesses.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1856). “The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha”, p.335

I am able to love my God because He gives me freedom to deny Him.

Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.590, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

I’ve had so much plastic surgery, when I die they will donate my body to Tupperware.

"Cutup". Interview with Deborah Solomon, www.nytimes.com. December 31, 2008.