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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - December 3, 2008

If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.: Bill Vaughan
The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.: Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986)
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The best way out is always through.: Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)
An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and tortures the living.: Nicholas Chamfort (1741 - 1794)
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