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I don't hire anybody who's not brighter than I am. If they're not brighter than I am, I don't need them.: Paul "Bear" Bryant, I Ain't Never Been Nothing but a Winner
Outer space is no place for a person of breeding.: Lady Violet Bonham Carter (1887 - 1969)
One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises one makes.: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
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We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.: Stewart L. Udall (1920 - ), commencement address, Dartmouth College, June 13, 1965
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There is an evil tendency underlying all our technology - the tendency to do what is reasonable even when it isn't any good.: Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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Avoidance is a great tool to get away from food in my face all day long.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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The one thing a creator can bring to the table when everybody else has all the money and power is centeredness and the ability to walk away. Never sit at a table you can't walk away from.: Joss Whedon, Entertainment Weekly, 08-30-13
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A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.: Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974), Goldwyn's Law of Contracts
Television has raised writing to a new low.: Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974)
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Giving is a necessity sometimes... more urgent, indeed, than having.: Margaret Lee Runbeck
Obsessions and fixations are not really my field. All I know, when the mind really grabs hold of something, look out.: Martin Sage and Sybil Adelman, Northern Exposure, The Bumpy Road to Love, 1991
I'm a fan of laundry: the smell of fabric softener, the warm clothes in your hands. It's so good.: Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jed Whedon, Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, 2008
But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.: Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), Letter to Jean Baptiste Le Roy (1789)
Ever heard Victoria's REAL secret? Too much support hurts.: R. Stevens, Diesel Sweeties, 03-17-08
Many men can make a fortune but very few can build a family.: J. S. Bryan
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I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine
In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.: Paul Dirac (1902 - 1984)
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My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
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Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, February 2003
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I hate music, especially when it's played.: Jimmy Durante (1893 - 1980)
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