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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - June 30, 2009
It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English -- up to fifty words used in correct context -- no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese.
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Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)
I had an epiphany a few years ago where I was out at a celebrity party and it suddenly dawned on me that I had yet to meet a celebrity who is as smart and interesting as any of my friends.
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Moby, quoted on CNN.com, March 2005
Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it's just an illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff into it.
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David Sedaris, interview in Louisville Courier-Journal, June 5, 2005
I hope that when I die, people say about me, 'Boy, that guy sure owed me a lot of money.'
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Jack Handey (1949 - ), Deep Thoughts
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