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What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream? Or what's worse, what if only that fat guy in the third row exists?: Woody Allen (1935 - ), "Without Feathers"
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For all their strength, men were sometimes like little children.: Lawana Blackwell, The Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark, 1999
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Angels dancing on the head of a pin dissolve into nothingness at the bedside of a dying child.: Waiter Rant, Waiter Rant weblog, 06-21-05
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A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Following the Equator
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Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.: Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)
Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.: Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), Song of the Open Road
A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.: Burt Bacharach (1928 - )
In most pursuits, one's self is one of the biggest hurdles to get over. You can't pursue something and be committed to it if you're apologizing for it at every party.: Lisa Kudrow, Vasser Commencement Address, 2010
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.: David T. Wolf (1943 - )
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To use fear as the friend it is, we must retrain and reprogram ourselves...We must persistently and convincingly tell ourselves that the fear is here--with its gift of energy and heightened awareness--so we can do our best and learn the most in the new situation.: Peter McWilliams, Life 101
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You know that children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers.: John J. Plomp
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I have such poor vision I can date anybody.: Garry Shandling (1949 - )
Any government is potentially the worst client in the world you could ever possibly want to have.: Thomas Heatherwick, TED, Building the Seed Cathedral, March 2011
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Our heroes are those... who... act above and beyond the call of duty and in so doing give definition to patriotism and elevate all of us.... America is the land of the free because we are the home of the brave.: David Mahoney
When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head!: William Blake (1757 - 1827)
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I think the promise of fame and what it holds to you as a child and dreaming of it is not what it is. What it is, I'm not complaining about, but it's just different than the reality you dreamed.: Rosie O'Donnell, Today Show interview, 04-08-08
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Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.: T. S. Eliot (1888 - 1965)
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The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.: Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)
We are able to laugh when we achieve detachment, if only for a moment.: May Sarton
Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.: Laurens Van der Post, The Lost World of the Kalahari (1958)