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There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.: Denis Diderot (1713 - 1784)
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Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.: Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
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The only thing that lasts longer than a friend's love is the stupidity that keeps us from knowing any better.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 09-07-06
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Anarchy - it's not the law, it's just a good idea.: Unknown
People don't have to like or support you, so you always have to say thank you.: Ruben Studdard, Seventeen Magazine, September 2003
Living apart and at peace with myself, I came to realize more vividly the meaning of the doctrine of acceptance. To refrain from giving advice, to refrain from meddling in the affairs of others, to refrain, even though the motives be the highest, from tampering with another's way of life - so simple, yet so difficult for an active spirit. Hands off!: Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)
What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.: Bob Dylan (1941 - )
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Television is more interesting than people. If it were not, we would have people standing in the corners of our rooms.: Alan Corenk
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Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.: Scott Adams (1957 - ), 'The Dilbert Principle'
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My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want something around my neck that's worth more than my head.: Rita Rudner
First things first, but not necessarily in that order.: Doctor Who
My wish is to ride the tempest, tame the waves, kill the sharks. I will not resign myself...: Trieu Thi Trinh
A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done.: Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)
Any piece of clothing can be sexy with a quietly passionate woman inside it.: Anonymous, O Magazine, The Shy Girl's Guide to Sex, February 2003
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I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.: Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972)
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Simplicity is the peak of civilization.: Jessie Sampter
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Creativity is...seeing something that doesn't exist already. You need to find out how you can bring it into being and that way be a playmate with God.: Michele Shea
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Character is forged in the smallest of struggles. Then, when the big challenges come, we’re ready.: Waiter Rant, Waiter Rant weblog, 12-30-05
You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.: Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)
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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.: Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
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