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If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.: Henry J. Tillman
I'm a jerk to everyone. Best way to protect yourself from lawsuits.: David Hoselton, House M.D., Guardian Angels, 2007
When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.: Henny Youngman (1906 - 1998)
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Men have become the tools of their tools.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one's inner life. And that too is a deed.: Etty Hillesum
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.: Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
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The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.: Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)
Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.: Lily Tomlin (1939 - )
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I love acting. It is so much more real than life.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
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Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to grow up. That he has to leave the nest, the security, and go out to do battle. He has to lose everything that is lovely and fight for a new loveliness of his own making, and it's a tragedy. A lot of people don't have the courage to do it.: Helen Hayes (1900 - 1993), in Roy Newquist, Showcase, 1966
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I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.: Franklin P. Adams (1881 - 1960)
Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary.: Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
Anything you fully do is an alone journey.: Natalie Goldberg
There is…nothing to suggest that mothering cannot be shared by several people.: H. R. Schaffer, O Magazine, May 2003
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Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.: T. S. Eliot (1888 - 1965)
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If there was strife and contention in the home, very little else in life could compensate for it.: Lawana Blackwell, The Courtship of the Vicar's Daughter, 1998
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You can see into the future if you have a basic understanding of how people are likely to act.: John Green, An Abundance of Katherines, 2008
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[Detractors] are just wrong, and that's okay. They just don't see it yet. That's what I would tell myself to keep those moments of doubt, only moments.: Lisa Kudrow, Vasser Commencement Address, 2010
The best way to get approval is not to need it.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 27, 08-22-04