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• When we cannot get what we love, we must love what is within our reach. French Proverb
• Sickness shows us what we are. Latin Proverb
• I cannot say whether things will get better if we change
  what I can say is they must change if they are to get better. -- G. C. Lichtenberg...
• From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life." -- Arthur Ashe
• Guide: What does the future hold for us? Heh. Let's just say we have a few ideas up our sleeve.
  Homer: Like what? Guide: Um, I'd rather not get into it right now....
• Luck is what enabled others to get where they are. Talent is what enabled us to get to where we are.
• Since we cannot hope for order, let us withdraw with style from the chaos. -- Tom Stoppard
• Since we cannot match it let us take our revenge by abusing it. -- Michel De Montaigne