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• I hope you're proud of yourself for the times you've said "yes," when all it meant was extra work for you and was seemingly helpful only to someone else.

  Fred Rogers

  Proud, Helpful, Said

  Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.129, Penguin

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• Maybe if God gives you a handicap, he makes sure you've got a few extra doses of humor to take the edge off.

  Jodi Picoult

  Giving, Handicaps, Dose

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.387, Simon and Schuster

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• The things that don't happen to us that we'll never know didn't happen to us. The nonstories. The extra minute to find the briefcase that makes you late to the spot where a tractor trailer mauled another car instead of yours. The woman you didn't meet because she couldn't get a taxi to the party you had to leave early from. All of life is a series of nonstories if you look at it that way. We just don't know what they are.

  Anita Shreve

  Party, Car, Looks

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• Isn't it true that whatever isn't determined by our genes must be determined by our environment? What else is there? There's Nature and there's Nurture. Is there also some X, some further contributor to what we are? There's Chance. Luck. This extra ingredient is important but doesn't have to come from the quantum bowels of our atoms or from some distant star. It is all around us in the causeless coin-flipping of our noisy world, automatically filling in the gaps of specification left unfixed by our genes, and unfixed by salient causes in our environment.

  Daniel Dennett

  Stars, Luck, Important

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• Boys always get the best eyelashes; it's like some kind of cosmic law. And half-breed kids get some kind of extra help there from genetics, too.

  Lilith Saintcrow

  Kids, Boys, Extra Help

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• Men do not sufficiently realize that their future is in their own hands. Theirs is the task of determining first of all whether they want to go on living or not. Theirs is the responsibility, then, for deciding if they want merely to live, or intend to make just the extra effort required for fulfilling, even on this refractory planet, the essential function of the universe, which is a machine for the making of gods.

  Henri Bergson

  Responsibility, Men, Hands

  "The Two Sources of Morality and Religion". Book by Henri Bergson, 1932.

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• I will always buy extra yarn. I will not try to tempt fate.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Fate, Yarn, Trying

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.12, Storey Publishing

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• Hebrew word for "charity" tzedakah, simply means "justice" and as this suggests, for Jews, giving to the poor is no optional extra but an essential part of living a just life.

  Peter Singer

  Mean, Giving, Justice

  Peter Singer (2010). “The Life You Can Save: How to play your part in ending world poverty”, p.21, Pan Macmillan

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• The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word - extra. And for me, I had always grown up with the belief that if someone succeeds it is because they are brilliant or talented or just better than me... and the more of these words I heard the smaller I always felt! But the truth is often very different... and for me to learn that ordinary me can achieve something extra-ordinary by giving that little bit extra, when everyone else gives up, meant the world to me and I really clung to it.

  Bear Grylls

  Giving Up, Differences, Ordinary

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• Silence, and then Eve said, "Okay, that was extra creepy, with whipped creepy topping. And this is me, changing my mind.

  Rachel Caine

  Silence, Creepy, Mind

  Rachel Caine (2009). “Lord of Misrule: The Morganville Vampires”, p.137, Penguin

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• People of excellence go the extra mile to do what's right.

  Joel Osteen

  People, Excellence, Giving Back

  Joel Osteen (2008). “Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential”, p.309, Hachette UK

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• Myths and legends die hard in America. We love them for the extra dimension they provide, the illusion of near-infinite possibility to erase the narrow confines of most men's reality. Weird heroes and mould-breaking champions exist as living proof to those who need it that the tyranny of 'the rat race' is not yet final.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Love, Hero, Reality

  1969 'Those Daring Young Men In Their Flying Machines Ain't What They Used To Be!', in Pageant, Sep.

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• I stroked Eric's hair, tucking some behind his ear. His eyes on mine were intent, and I knew he was waiting for me to speak. "I wish," I said, "I could save orgasms in a jar for when i need them, because I think I had a few extra." Eric's eyes widened, and all of a sudden he roared with laughter. (Dead to the World)

  Charlaine Harris

  Laughter, Eye, Thinking

  Charlaine Harris (2009). “Dead To The World: A True Blood Novel”, p.82, Hachette UK

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• When a destitute mother starts earning an income, her dreams of success invariably center around her children. A woman's second priority is the household. She wants to buy utensils, build a stronger roof, or find a bed for herself and her family. A man has an entirely different set of priorities. When a destitute father earns extra income, he focuses more attention on himself. Thus money entering a household through a woman brings more benefits to the family as a whole.

  Muhammad Yunus

  Mother, Dream, Children

  "Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty". Book by Muhammad Yunus, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1999.

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• Janies lips part in surprise. She takes it. Feels really strange about opening it in front of him. She wets her lips and examines the box and the ribbon that surounds it. "Thank you." She says softly. "Um..." He clears his throat, "The gift, see is actually inside the box. The box is like an extra bonus gift.It's how we do things here on planet Earth.

  Lisa McMann

  Bonus, Earth, Ribbons

  Lisa McMann (2010). “Fade”, p.51, Simon and Schuster

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• Even if we could grow our way out of the crisis and delay the inevitable and painful reconciliation of virtual and real wealth, there is the question of whether this would be a wise thing to do. Marginal costs of additional growth in rich countries, such as global warming, biodiversity loss and roadways choked with cars, now likely exceed marginal benefits of a little extra consumption. The end result is that promoting further economic growth makes us poorer, not richer.

  Herman E. Daly

  Wise, Country, Real

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• Susan hardly had begun to slow down when Tera appeared from between a couple of buildings and loped over to the car. I leaned forward, opened the door, and she got into the backseat. I threw her the extra clothes I had picked up, and she began to dress without comment. It worked," I said. "We did it." Of course it worked," Tera said. "Men are foolish. They will stare at anything female and naked.

  Jim Butcher

  Couple, Men, Doors

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 1-6”, p.495, Penguin

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• And just like you, I will die at some unknown date in the future. I just come equipped with a few extra powers. (Sebastian) I see. I’m a Toyota. You’re a Lamborghini.(Channon)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Lamborghini, Like You, Toyota

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• Ne te quaesiveris extra." (Do not seek for things outside of yourself)

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

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• With lacquerware there is an extra beauty in that moment between removing the lid and lifting the bowl to the mouth, when one gazes at the still, silent liquid in the dark depths of the bowl, its colour hardly differing from that of the bowl itself. What lies within the darkness one cannot distinguish, but the palm senses the gentle movements of the liquid, vapour rises from within, forming droplets on the rim, and the fragrance carried upon the vapour brings a delicate anticipation ... a moment of mystery, it might almost be called, a moment of trance.

  Junichiro Tanizaki

  Lying, Dark, Mouths

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• I had extra thick light sabers because mine kept getting bent. I'd be halfway through a fight and it would be like 'Oops, sorry! Mine's bent again!

  Ewan McGregor

  Sorry, Fighting, Light

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• My sheets had never been so clean as they had in the past few months. I hardly got them on again before something else happened and I was feverishly ripping them off and stuffing them in the wash with double amounts of soap and all the "extra" buttons pushed: extra wash, extra rinse, extra water, extra spin, extra protection against things that go bump in the night.

  Robin McKinley

  Past, Night, Water

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• If possible, try to avoid pushing each other over the edge, as that would cause me extra paperwork.

  Rick Riordan

  Trying, Pushing Each Other, Causes

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• All right, cupcakes. You are about to see the Grand Canyon. Try not to break it. The skywalk can hold the weight of seventy jumbo jets, to you featherweights should be safe out there. If possible, try to avoid pushing each other over the edge, as that would cause me extra paperwork.

  Rick Riordan

  Cupcakes, Trying, Pushing Each Other

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• There is something demoralizing about watching two people get more and more crazy about each other, especially when you are the only extra person in the room.

  Sylvia Plath

  Crazy, Two, People

  Sylvia Plath (2016). “The Bell Jar”, p.11, Hamilton Books

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