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Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.: Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - )
Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Troilus and Cressida, Act 1, Scene 2
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Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.: Robert Bresson
What I dream of is an art of balance.: Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954), O Magazine, April 2003
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Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
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Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling.: Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
Anarchy - it's not the law, it's just a good idea.: Unknown
My wife's jealousy is getting ridiculous. The other day she looked at my calendar and wanted to know who May was.: Rodney Dangerfield (1921 - 2004)
Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.: Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
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To establish oneself in the world, one has to do all one can to appear established.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.: Flannery O'Connor (1925 - 1964)
Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
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Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
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Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.: Jonathan Kozol
I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.: Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974)
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A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Mansfield Park
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The problem with the designated driver program, it's not a desirable job, but if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At the end of the night, drop them off at the wrong house.: Jeff Foxworthy
I'm just a person trapped inside a woman's body.: Elayne Boosler
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Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.: William Goldman, "The Princess Bride"
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We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)