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• You will save yourself a lot of needless worry if you don't burn your bridges until you come to them.
  -- First Rule of Negative Anticipatio...
• Don't count your bridges before you burn them.
• Don't burn your bridges behind you.
• Willy: If elected mayor, my first act will be to kill the whole lot of you and burn your town to cinders.
  Workman: [whispering] The mike's on. Willy: I know it's on!...
• Pick the right person the first time. The headaches you save will be your own.
• Picard: "I need to know that what I am doing is *right*.
  MacDuff: "So do I. I'd feel a lot better if all the questions were answered....
• Divorce is painful. There's an easy way to save yourself a lot of trouble.
  Just find a woman you hate and buy her a house. -- Pat Paulse...
• If you don't expect anything, it is quite likely that your anticipation will reach fulfillment, and you will get nothing.
• To give of yourself, you must first know yourself.