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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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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.: Madeleine L'Engle (1918 - ), "Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art", 1980
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We never stop investigating. We are never satisfied that we know enough to get by. Every question we answer leads on to another question. This has become the greatest survival trick of our species.: Desmond Morris
You go to movies to see people you love suffer - that's why you go to the movies. You don't go to see a movie about a guy who already knows he has a wonderful life.: Joss Whedon, Entertainment Weekly, 08-30-13
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The most wasted day of all is that in which we have not laughed.: Sebastian R. N. Chamfort
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Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original and the part that is original is not good.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), (attributed)
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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 - )
Walking isn't a lost art: one must, by some means, get to the garage.: Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
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All of us want to do well. But if we do not do good, too, then doing well will never be enough.: Anna Quindlen (1953 - ), A Short Guide to a Happy Life, 2000
Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.: Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)
We cannot fail to win unless we fail to try.: Tom Clancy (1947 - )
Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.: George Orwell (1903 - 1950)
It's all right letting yourself go as long as you can let yourself back.: Mick Jagger (1943 - )
In America any boy may become President and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.: Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. (1900 - 1965), Speech in Indianapolis, 26 Sept. 1952
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The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill.: Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.: Clare Booth Luce (1903 - 1987), in Reader's Digest, 1979
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The one function TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were.: David Brinkley (1920 - 2003)
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An undefined problem has an infinite number of solutions.: Robert A. Humphrey
What else is love but understanding and rejoicing in the fact that another person lives, acts, and experiences otherwise than we do…?: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
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A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.: Pearl Buck (1892 - 1973)
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