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What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
We have to have the money to do the work we want to do, as well as to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table. Fat commissions are good, but not always easy to come by, and each new painting takes its time. So we need to find every way possible to earn extra income from our work.: Elizabeth Aston, The True Darcy Spirit, 2006
By the work one knows the workmen.: Jean De La Fontaine (1621 - 1695)
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When you get angry at your ex, only about 10 percent of your anger can be attributed to the current situation. The other 90 percent comes from your past experiences with your ex, as well as those with your parents, caregivers, and other significant people in your past. The current situation has simply triggered your past anger and allowed it to resurface. It’s been said that if you’re hysterical, the cause is probably historical.: Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011
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I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home.: Robert Orben
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Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousand of miles and all the years you have lived.: Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)
Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.: John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006)
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This is patently absurd; but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
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God is not dead but alive and well and working on a much less ambitious project.: Anonymous, Graffito
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That's the thing about being a former fat camp champ: when asked if I'd change my past if I could, I always answer no. The pain of being an overweight kid, the humiliation, make you think twice before ever cutting anyone else down.: Stephanie Klein, Moose, 2008
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If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives.: Marlon Brando (1924 - 2004)
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Fortune does not change men, it unmasks them.: Suzanne Necker (1739 - 1794)
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I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.: Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers. You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Razor's Edge, 1943
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The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.: Saki (1870 - 1916)
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A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.: Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens.: Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying that I approved of it.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.: Sydney J. Harris
Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.: Barry Switzer (1937 - )
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