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She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table.: Henry James (1843 - 1916)
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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I didn't really say everything I said.: Yogi Berra (1925 - )
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Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before.: Rita Rudner
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It's sad when our daddies die. Makes us one less person inside.: Pamela Ribon, Why Girls Are Weird, 2003
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He who boasts of his ancestry is praising the deeds of another.: Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD), 'Hercules Furens,' 100 A.D.
And that's the world in a nutshell, an appropriate receptacle.: Stan Dunn
Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest.: Marilyn Ferguson, The Aquarian Conspiracy, 1980
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Neither enemy faces, nor the mothers that love them, come to mind when one is thinking of nothing but endeavouring to survive. Philosophising about war is useless under fire.: Linda Berdoll, Mr. Darcy Takes A Wife, 2004
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.: Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.: Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937)
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Frankly, I’m suspicious of anyone who has a strong opinion on a complicated issue.: Scott Adams (1957 - ), The Dilbert Blog
It's the possibility that when you're dead you might still go on hurting that bothers me.: Keri Hulme, The Bone People, 1983
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.: Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
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By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong.: Charles Wadsworth
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If you ever start to feel too good about yourself, they have this thing called the Internet, and you can find a lot of people there who don't like you.: Tina Fey, Golden Globes Acceptance Speech, 2009
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How beautiful maleness is, if it finds its right expression.: D. H. Lawrence (1885 - 1930)
Just because this isn't in your life plan doesn't mean this isn't exactly where you're supposed to be.: Nahnatchka Khan , Don't Trust the B- in Apartment 23, Daddy's Girl, April 2012
Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.: Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)
My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.: Peter De Vries
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