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Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.: Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961)
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If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.: Doug Larson
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That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.: William J. H. Boetcker
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Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.: Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963), Vedanta for the Western World, 1945
I have not lost my mind - it's backed up on disk somewhere.: Unknown
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.: Gore Vidal (1925 - )
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The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), The Philosophy of Logical Atomism
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If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.: Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)
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The secret of all power is - save your force. If you want high pressure you must choke off waste.: Joseph Farrell
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True love brings up everything - you're allowing a mirror to be held up to you daily.: Jennifer Aniston, O Magazine, February 2004
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Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth.: Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
Throw out an alarming alarm clock. If the ring is loud and strident, you're waking up to instant stress. You shouldn't be bullied out of bed, just reminded that it's time to start your day.: Sharon Gold
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I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful.: John Constable (1776 - 1837)
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Nothing you can't spell will ever work.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
The man who backbites an absent friend, nay, who does not stand up for him when another blames him, the man who angles for bursts of laughter and for the repute of a wit, who can invent what he never saw, who cannot keep a secret - that man is black at heart: mark and avoid him.: Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.: Erica Jong
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The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.: Norman Mailer (1923 - 2007)
People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.: Frederick Douglass (1817 - 1895)
Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves.: Germaine Greer, O Magazine, September 2002
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Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.: Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)
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