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The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.: Stephen Jay Gould (1941 - 2002)
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Total absence of humor renders life impossible.: Colette (1873 - 1954), Chance Acquaintances, 1952
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Appetite, with an opinion of attaining, is called hope; the same, without such opinion, despair.: Thomas Hobbes (1588 - 1679)
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Blaming another person for a problem often keeps us from examining the different possibilities that may underlie the issue.: Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011
Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Confidence is 10% hard work and 90% delusion.: Tina Fey, Vogue Interview, 2010
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I have such poor vision I can date anybody.: Garry Shandling (1949 - )
There is no silver bullet and frankly you probably don’t need one. It is far more important to be able to find the right kind of gun, be able to load the gun … and perhaps most importantly, be able to figure out where the werewolf is.: Matthew Oliphant, Useability Works, 03-22-2006
It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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Eating everything you want is not that much fun. When you live a life with no boundaries, there’s less joy. If you can eat anything you want to, what’s the fun in eating anything you want to?: Tom Hanks (1956 - ), Esquire, June 2006
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I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There's a vanity to candor that isn't really worth it. Be kind.: Richard Greenberg, NY Times Magazine, 03-26-2006
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And so faith is closing your eyes and following the breath of your soul down to the bottom of life, where existence and nonexistence have merged into irrelevance. All that matters is the little part you play in the vast drama.: Gordon Atkinson, reallivepreacher.com weblog, September 4, 2003
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I have lost friends, some by death... others through sheer inability to cross the street.: Virginia Woolf (1882 - 1941), The Waves (1931)
Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary.: Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over.: Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950)
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[Television is] the triumph of machine over people.: Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)
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I felt like poisoning a monk.: Umberto Eco (1932 - ), on why he wrote the novel "The Name of the Rose."
It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.: Sally Kempton
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You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.: Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
You're never too old to become younger.: Mae West (1892 - 1980)
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