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I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters.: Solomon Short
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In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.: Hubert H. Humphrey (1911 - 1978)
The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.: John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006)
Be wise with speed . A fool at forty is a fool indeed.: Edward Young (1683 - 1765)
They say dreams are the windows of the soul--take a peek and you can see the inner workings, the nuts and bolts.: Henry Bromel, Northern Exposure, The Big Kiss, 1991
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Aim at the sun, and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at an object on a level with yourself.: Joel Hawes
There are some that only employ words for the purpose of disguising their thoughts.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778), Dialogue, XIV, "Le Chapon et la Poularde" (1766)
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I have found that everything wants to kill you. For some things, like fast food, or riding a bike, it just takes longer.: Devin J. Monroe (1983 - )
See, that's all you're thinking about, is winning. You're confirming your sense of self- worth through outward reward instead of through inner appreciation.: Barbara Hall, Northern Exposure, Gran Prix, 1994
Just because you love someone doesn't mean you have to be involved with them. Love is not a bandage to cover wounds.: Hugh Elliott, Standing Room Only weblog, February 16, 2004
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People are fond of spouting out the old clich%uFFFD about how Van Gogh never sold a painting in his lifetime. Somehow his example serves to justify to us, decades later, that there is somehow merit in utter failure. Perhaps, but the man did commit suicide.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 29, 08-22-04
You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.: John Viscount Morley
I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't luckily have to bother about that.: Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976), An Autobiography, 1977
We find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.: Maxwell Maltz, Communication Bulletin for Managers & Supervisors, June 2004
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I wrote myself a check for ten million dollars for acting services rendered and dated it Thanksgiving 1995. I put it in my wallet and it deteriorated. And then, just before Thanksgiving 1995, I found out I was going to make ten million dollars for Dumb & Dumber. I put that check in the casket with my father because it was our dream together.: Jim Carrey, Oprah Winfrey Show, 1997
In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning.: George Orwell (1903 - 1950), "Politics and the English Language", 1946
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Realism...has no more to do with reality than anything else.: Hob Broun
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It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.: J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 1997
Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.: Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
Of course the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you--if you don't play, you can't win.: Robert Heinlein (1907 - 1988)