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The idea of a mass audience was really an invention of the Industrial Revolution.: David Cronenberg, Rocketboom, 07-19-06
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None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.: Tom Robbins (1936 - )
An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously.: Charles F. Kettering (1876 - 1958)
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Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
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Only sick music makes money today.: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), Der Fall Wagner, Section 5
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Blaming another person for a problem often keeps us from examining the different possibilities that may underlie the issue.: Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011
If you cannot convince them, confuse them.: Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972)
Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.: William Ralph Inge (1860 - 1954)
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Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.: Harriet Lerner, The Dance of Anger, 1985
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I have an existential map. It has 'You are here' written all over it.: Steven Wright (1955 - )
Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.: Margaret Halsey
Maybe it's what's inside that counts, but being told you look good feels good!: Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem, or saying a prayer.: Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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We too often let the material things serve as indicators that we're doing well, even though something inside us tells us that were not doing our best. That we are avoiding that which is hard, but also necessary. That we are shrinking from rather than vising to the challenges of the age.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), Arizona State Commencement Speech, 2009
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Typos are very important to all written form. It gives the reader something to look for so they aren't distracted by the total lack of content in your writing.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 07-03-05
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Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.: Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)
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When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.: R. Buckminster Fuller (1895 - 1983)
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Don't believe in imagining things different from what they really are. When the Lord puts us in certain circumstances He doesn't mean for us to imagine them away.: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778)