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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - December 22, 2025
I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.
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Jane Wagner, (and Lily Tomlin)  
I am just going outside and may be some time.
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Captain Lawrence Oates (1880 - 1912), last words  
The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance from one pedestal after another of previous convictions about our centrality in the cosmos.
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Stephen Jay Gould (1941 - 2002)  
The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible.
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George Burns (1896 - 1996)  
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