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There was an immeasurable distance between the quick and the dead: they did not seem to belong to the same species; and it was strange to think that but a little while before they had spoken and moved and eaten and laughed.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), 'Of Human Bondage', 1915
Breaking up isn’t something that gets done to you; it’s something that happens with you.: John Green, An Abundance of Katherines, 2008
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God help those who do not help themselves.: Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933)
The computer is a moron.: Peter Drucker (1909 - 2005)
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I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.: Anna Quindlen (1953 - )
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The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.: Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)
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We all carry around so much pain in our hearts. Love and pain and beauty. They all seem to go together like one little tidy confusing package. It's a messy business, life. It's hard to figure--full of surprises. Some good. Some bad.: Henry Bromel, Northern Exposure, The Big Kiss, 1991
We none of us expect to be in smooth water all our days.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
The only thing that scares me more than space aliens is the idea that there aren't any space aliens. We can't be the best that creation has to offer. I pray we're not all there is. If so, we're in big trouble.: Ellen DeGeneres
You can't please all of the people all of the time, and last night all of those people came to my show.: Mitch Hedberg (1968 - 2005), stand-up
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.: Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)
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When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.: Leo Burnett
There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.: Max Beerbohm (1872 - 1956)
Help others get ahead. You will always stand taller with someone else on your shoulders.: Bob Moawad
Easy enough to dismiss others' problems when you had none of your own.: Elizabeth Aston, The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy, 2005
The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back.: Abigail van Buren (1918 - )
Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia.: Charles M. Schulz (1922 - 2000)
That is the greatest fallacy, the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.: Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961), A Farewell to Arms, 1929
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