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Here are some quotes that, in one way or another, have moved me to tears,
to laughter, to sadness, to glory, and to reflection...

Si jeunesse savoit; si vieillesse pouvoit.
--Henri Estienne

Dieu n'est pas pour les gros bataillons, mais pour ceux qui tirent le mieux.

Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles.
--Voltaire

On resiste a l'invasion des armees; on ne resiste pas a l'invasion des idees.
--Victor Hugo

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is the most fatal.
--Unknown

When a man has pity on all living creatures then only is he noble.
-- Buddha

A little help at the right time is better than a lot of help at the
wrong time.
-- Tevye

"The secret of being happy is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does."
--James M. Barrie

"Try not to become a man of success but rather a man of value."
--Albert Einstein

Stop day dreaming about success. Go out and obtain it.

We may not return the affection of those who like us, but we always
respect their good judgement.

You know you're in trouble when:
"I'd love to go out with you, but my favorite commercial is on TV."
--Unknown

Seen on a sign outside a food mart of a gas station:
"Eat here and get gas"

The First Commandment of Frisbee: The most powerful force in the world
is that of a disc straining to land under a car, just beyond reach.
This force is technically called "car suck".
-- Dan Roddick

Heh, heh, let's burn something...
--Beavis

Yeah, that would be cool. Huh huh.
--Butt-head

Written on a desk in a U of I Lecture Hall:
"If I had one hour to live, I would spend it in this class
because it would last forever."

Skinner's Constant (or Flannagan's Finagling Factor):
That quantity which, when multiplied by, divided by, added to,
or subtracted from the answer you get, gives you the answer you
should have gotten.
--Unknown

I don't want a job to live, I want to live for my job.
--Patrick Keenan

I've looked everywhere I can
Just to find a clue
Oh to get to you
And make you want me
And I've run circles 'round the sun
Chasin' after you
Oh but it's no use
Can't you see that I'm going out of my mind
Trying to find a way to get through to you
Oh you don't know how hard I try
And I try and I try
What do I gotta do

[Chorus]
Do I gotta get water from the moon
Is that what I gotta do
To make you love me
Make you love me
Do I gotta turn the sand into the sea
Is that what you want from me
I've done everything that I can do
But get water from the moon

I've reached high up in the sky
Tryin' to steal the stars
Oh to win your heart
But even that's not enough
And I've searched every book I know
Just to find the words
Oh to touch your world and get some love out of you
I've already given all I can give
And I don't I don't know what's left to try
And I try and I try
What do I gotta do

[Chorus]

Love me, how do I make you love me
How do I make you see that I'm goin' out of my mind

[Solo]

I try, and I try, and I try

[Chorus]

--Celine Dion, Water from the Moon (Celine Dion, Epic)
Music and Lyrics by D. Warren

It's a dinglehopper!
--Scuttle, The Little Mermaid (Disney)

The wreckage of my past keeps haunting me
It just won't leave me alone
I still find it all a mystery
Could it be a dream?
--Ozzy Osbourne, The Road to Nowhere

Our two worlds met in strange surprise
I hid my love in thin disguise
I tried to leave, how could I stay?
What if my heart gave me away

I always thought I'd be prepared
But love just caught me unaware
You said the words and I believed
I fell so hard, I fell so deep

Love can't hide
Though it tries
Hearts catch fire
So has mine
Here's my heart

So true love triumphs once again
It always makes it in the end
And if you let your heart run free
It will return faithfully

Love can't hide
Though it tries
Hearts catch fire
All the time
Helpless love
Walks the line
Hearts catch fire
The hour is fine
Here's my heart

Woooo... oooooo...etc.

Love can't hide
Though it tries
Hearts catch fire
All the time
Helpless love
Walks the line
Hearts catch fire
So has mine
Here's my heart
Here's my heart
Here's my heart
Here's my heart

Ohhh. Hey hey hey...

--Pat Benatar, Here's My Heart

It must have been cold there in my shadow.
To never have sunlight on your face.
You were content to let me shine... that's your way.
You always walked a step behind.
So I was the one with all the glory.
While you were the one with all the strain.
A beautiful face without a name.
A beautiful smile to hide the pain.

Did you ever know that you're my hero?
And everything I would like to be?
I can fly higher than an eagle...
'cause you are the wind beneath my wings.

It might have appeared to go unnoticed
but I've got it all here in my heart.
I want you to know I know the truth... 'course I know it.
I would be nothing without you.

Did you ever know that you're my hero?
You're everytihng I wish I could be be.
I could fly higher than an eagle...
for you are the wind beheath my wings.

[Repeat, etc...]

--Bette Midler, Wind Beneath my Wings
(Written by L. Henley & J Silbar, 1982)

"Once upon a time, a long long time ago, there was a man fishing
with a rubber boot on his hook.
The man caught so many kinds of fish with that rubber boot.
However, there was a fish that he could not catch.
What's the name of that fish?

Koi. Koi is so elusive." --Youta Moteuchi, Video Girl Ai

Let's dance in style,
Let's dance for a while
Heaven can wait,
We're only watching the skies
Hoping for the best
But expecting the worst
Are you going to drop the bomb or not????
Let us die young or let us live forever
We don't have the power
But we never say never
Sitting in a sandpit,
Life is a short trip
The music's for the sad men
Can you imagine when this race is won??
Turn our golden faces into the sun
Praising our leaders,
We're getting in tune
The music's played by the madmen

[Chorus]
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever
Forever -- and ever

Some are like water
Some are like the heat
Some are a melody and some are the beat
Sooner or later, they all will be gone
Why don't they stay young?
It's so hard to get old without a cause
I don't want to perish like a fading horse
Youth's like diamonds in the sun
And diamonds are forever
So many adventures couldn't happen today
So many songs we forgot to play
So many dreams swinging out of the blue
We'll let them come true

Forever young...
--"Forever Young"
Alphaville

"Could've been so beautiful"
--Tiffany, Could've Been (1987)

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