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The scientific name for an animal that doesn't either run from or fight its enemies is lunch.: Michael Friedman
To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.: Burnadette Devlin, The Price of My Soul, 1969
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.: Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933)
Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?: George Carlin (1937 - 2008)
Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.: Publilius Syrus (~100 BC)
I don't believe in intuition. When you get sudden flashes of perception, it is just the brain working faster than usual. But you've been getting ready to know it for a long time, and when it comes, you feel you've known it always.: Katherine Anne Porter (1894 - 1980)
A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 - 1799)
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A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.: Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894)
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The only thing I like about rich people is their money.: Nancy Astor (1879 - 1964)
The secret of all power is - save your force. If you want high pressure you must choke off waste.: Joseph Farrell
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Resentment is anger directed at others--at what they did or did not do.: Peter McWilliams, Life 101
We are all here for a spell; get all the good laughs you can.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
How beautiful maleness is, if it finds its right expression.: D. H. Lawrence (1885 - 1930)
Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.: Peter de Vries
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.: Denis Diderot (1713 - 1784)
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In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.: Ellen DeGeneres, (attributed)
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In case you're worried about what's going to become of the younger generation, it's going to grow up and start worrying about the younger generation.: Roger Allen
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The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
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Mountains inspire awe in any human person who has a soul. They remind us of our frailty, our unimportance, of the briefness of our span upon this earth. They touch the heavens, and sail serenely at an altitude beyond even the imaginings of a mere mortal.: Elizabeth Aston, The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy, 2005
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My future starts when I wake up every morning... Every day I find something creative to do with my life.: Miles Davis (1926 - 1991)
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