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Beware so long as you live, of judging people by appearances.: La Fontaine
Living is having ups and downs and sharing them with friends.: Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, Prehistoric Ice Man, 1999
My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.: Peter De Vries
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The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.: Mitchell Burgess, Northern Exposure, Thanksgiving, 1992
A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.: Gian Vincenzo Gravina (1664 - 1718)
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She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table.: Henry James (1843 - 1916)
Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then--we elected them.: Lily Tomlin (1939 - )
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That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.: Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967), 'But the One on the Right,' in New Yorker, 1929
Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.: Rene Descartes (1596 - 1650)
Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others.: Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.: Steven Wright (1955 - )
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We laugh a lot. That's for sure. Sure beats the alternative, doesn't it?: Betty White, Mark Twain Prize, 2010
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Be not slow to visit the sick.: Ecclesiastes
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The only joy in the world is to begin.: Cesare Pavese (1908 - 1950)
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Here's something to think about: How come you never see a headline like 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?: Jay Leno (1950 - )
A God that can be understood is no God. Who can explain the Infinite in words?: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Razor's Edge, 1943
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.: Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.: Lord Acton, Letter to Mary Gladstone, 1881
Only the shallow know themselves.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young, 1882
Good ideas alter the power balance in relationships, that is why good ideas are always initially resisted. Good ideas come with a heavy burden. Which is why so few people have them. So few people can handle it.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 1 Ignore Everybody, 08-22-04