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Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.: Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997)
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.: Margaret Thatcher (1925 - ), interview with Barbara Walters on ABC-TV, March 18, 1987
USA Today has come out with a new survey - apparently, three out of every four people make up 75% of the population.: David Letterman (1947 - )
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A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 - 1799)
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Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening.: Barbara Tober
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Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.: Rabbi Julius Gordon
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The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand.: Lewis Thomas (1913 - 1993)
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I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, "I wanna grow up and be a critic.": Richard Pryor (1940 - 2005), Guardian Unlimited (UK) August 9, 2004
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An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support.: John Buchan (1875 - 1940)
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I have found that it don't really matter if you're brought up fine or rough, but that it helps to have someone to spill your sorrows to.: Erica Eisdorfer, The Wet Nurse's Tale, 2009
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We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841 - 1935)
I was walking down the street wearing glasses when the prescription ran out.: Steven Wright (1955 - )
I consider being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill.: Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)
The toughest question has always been, "How do you get your ideas?" How do you answer that? It's like asking runners how they run, or singers how they sing. They just do it!: Lynn Johnston (1947 - ), Lynn on Ideas
When it is not necessary to make a decision, it is necessary not to make a decision.: Lord Falkland (1610 - 1643)
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How does a project get to be a year behind schedule? One day at a time.: Fred Brooks
Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.: Gore Vidal (1925 - )
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Fear sometimes stops you from doing stupid things. But it can also stop you from doing creative or exciting or experimental things. It can cloud your judgment of others, and lead to all kinds of evil. The control and understanding of our personal fears is one of the most important undertakings in our life.: Helen Mirren
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We al have family disfunction. It's why we're successful, to fill that hole.: Eli Attie, House M.D., Parents, 11-14-2011
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Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.: Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)