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Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.: Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
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The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
People seem to enjoy things more when they know a lot of other people have been left out of the pleasure.: Russell Baker (1925 - )
There is no remedy for love but to love more.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Journal, July 25, 1839
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You always second guess yourself. Just think of all the time you'd save if you just trusted yourself.: Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), Ecce Homo, Foreword
Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.: Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825 - 1921)
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Feet, why do I need them if I have wings to fly?: Frida Kahlo (1907 - 1954)
Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.: Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)
The customer doesn't expect everything will go right all the time; the big test is what you do when things go wrong.: Sir Colin Marshall
What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.: Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
If I was more complacent and I let things slide, my life would be easier, but you all wouldn't be as entertained. My misery is your pleasure.: Kanye West, Rolling Stone, 2006
No good deed goes unpunished.: Clare Booth Luce (1903 - 1987), in H. Faber, The Book of Laws, 1980
Each failure to sell will increase your chances for success at your next attempt.: Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
A God that can be understood is no God. Who can explain the Infinite in words?: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Razor's Edge, 1943
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The whole point in bein' a hero is to do somethin' greater than yerself. It'd be easy to do it for the glory or the girls. We're bigger men than that.: Alexander Woo, True Blood, Beyond Here Lies Nothing, 2009
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There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.: Christopher Morley (1890 - 1957)
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If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.: Frank A. Clark
I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.: Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974)
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I have found power in the mysteries of thought.: Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC), 438 B.C.