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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - October 19, 2025
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
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James F. Byrnes (1879 - 1972)  
You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun.
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Al Capone (1899 - 1947)  
The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it.
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Bill Nye, Interview with Wired.com, April 2005  
Never fight an inanimate object.
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P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - )  
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