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Truth is the only safe ground to stand upon.: Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815 - 1902)
The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic engineering, transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic flowers.: Lewis Thomas (1913 - 1993)
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A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), (attributed)
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
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The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizzare which seems inherent in them.: Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), Les Enfants Terribles
Oregano is the spice of life.: Henry J. Tillman
I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.: Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997)
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Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Northanger Abbey
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Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.: Philip K. Dick (1928 - 1982), "How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later", 1978
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People drain me, even the closest of friends, and I find loneliness to be the best state in the union to live in.: Margaret Cho, weblog, 10-30-03
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It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young.: Konrad Lorenz (1903 - 1989)
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It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy.: Dr. Howard Murphy
Everybody lies, but it doesn't matter because nobody listens.: Nick Diamos
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When we hear news we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778), letter to Le Comte d'Argental, August 28, 1760
Complain to one who can help you.: Yugoslav Proverb
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I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.: Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
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There are grammatical errors even in his silence.: Stanislaw J. Lec (1909 - 1966), "Unkempt Thoughts"
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Three failures denote uncommon strength. A weakling has not enough grit to fail thrice.: Minna Thomas Antrim
The problem with the designated driver program, it's not a desirable job, but if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At the end of the night, drop them off at the wrong house.: Jeff Foxworthy
Nature has been for me, for as long as I remember, a source of solace, inspiration, adventure, and delight; a home, a teacher, a companion.: Lorraine Anderson
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