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I was the kid next door's imaginary friend.: Emo Phillips
Wonder is what sets us apart from other life forms. No other species wonders about the meaning of existence or the complexity of the universe or themselves.: Herbert W. Boyer, co-founder of Genentech, Inc.
When I was in college, I remember fearing that the dreary grind of adulthood would feature infinitely more existential dread than frat parties had, but the opposite has been true for me. I'm much less likely to feel that gnawing fear of aimlessness and nihilism than I used to be and that's partly because education gave me job opportunities, but it's mostly because education gave me perspective and context.: John Green, Vlogbrothers, Is College Worth It?, 08-21-12
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It's a toss-up when you decide to leave the beaten track. Many are called, but few are chosen.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Razor's Edge, 1943
[Abstract art is] a product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.: Al Capp (1909 - 1979)
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The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Critic as Artist, 1891
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Better fare hard with good men than feast it with bad.: Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)
For one person who dreams of making fifty thousand pounds, a hundred people dream of being left fifty thousand pounds.: A. A. Milne (1882 - 1956)
If at first you don't succeed try, try again. If you fail even after these attempts, perhaps your just stupid.: Devin J. Monroe (1983 - )
Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.: Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997)
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), "Walden", 1854
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[T]here's no bad day that can't be overcome by listening to a barbershop quartet; this is just truth, plain and simple.: Chuck Sigars, The World According to Chuck weblog, September 30, 2003
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Exit, pursued by a bear.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Stage direction in "The Winter's Tale"
We're a sentimental people. We like a few kind words better than millions of dollars given in a humiliating way.: Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918 - 1970), on refusing Western economic assistance, 'Realites,' January 20, 1969
Real strength is not just a condition of one's muscle, but a tenderness in one's spirit.: McCallister Dodds
I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell-you see, I have friends in both places.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
Any community's arm of force - military, police, security - needs people in it who can do necessary evil, and yet not be made evil by it. To do only the necessary and no more. To constantly question the assumptions, to stop the slide into atrocity.: Lois McMaster Bujold, "Barrayar", 1991
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
You don't have to die in order to make a living.: Lynn Johnston (1947 - ), For Better or For Worse, 10-14-05
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.: Miss Piggy