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A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it adds up to real money.: Senator Everett Dirksen (1896 - 1969)
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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.: Jane Goodall (1934 - )
To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.: Robertson Davies, "The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks"
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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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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
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Eating is really one of your indoor sports. You play three times a day, and it's well worth while to make the game as pleasant as possible.: Dorothy Draper
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Remove every barrier you can to fandom. A fan will be an evangelist for your work.: Dave Kellett, How to Blog for Money by Learning from Comics, SXSW 2006
It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.: Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worthwhile. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter.: Aleister Crowley (1875 - 1947)
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I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me.: Dave Barry (1947 - )
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All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equal partnership.: Ann Landers (1918 - 2002)
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When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that TV has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained.: Edward R. Murrow (1908 - 1965)
In the end, everything is a gag.: Charlie Chaplin (1889 - 1977)
Sane and intelligent human beings are like all other human beings, and carefully and cautiously and diligently conceal their private real opinions from the world and give out fictitious ones in their stead for general consumption.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Mark Twain In Eruption
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We are all born with wonderful gifts. We use these gifts to express ourselves, to amuse, to strengthen, and to communicate. We begin as children to explore and develop our talents, often unaware that we are unique, that not everyone can do what we're doing!: Lynn Johnston (1947 - ), Lynn on Ideas
A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.: Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933)
An undefined problem has an infinite number of solutions.: Robert A. Humphrey
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.: Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
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Success is meaningless if you can't sleep at night because of harsh things said, petty secrets sharpened against hard and stony regret, just waiting to be plunged into the soft underbelly of a 'friendship.': Margaret Cho, Margaret Cho's Weblog, 04-12-2006
The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.: Charles Bukowski (1920 - 1994)