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Love is the big booming beat which covers up the noise of hate.: Margaret Cho, weblog, 01-15-04
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The prime purpose of eloquence is to keep other people from talking.: Louis Vermeil
Always be a little kinder than necessary.: James M. Barrie (1860 - 1937)
A poem is no place for an idea.: Edgar Watson Howe (1853 - 1937), Country Town Sayings, 1911
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It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.: Al Franken, 'Stuart Saves His Family'
Goodness is the only investment that never fails.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Walden: Higher Laws, 1854
Rules are just helpful guidelines for stupid people who can't make up their own minds.: Seth Hoffman, House M.D., 2010
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Existence is random. Has no pattern save what we imagine after staring at it for too long. No meaning save what we choose to impose.: Alan Moore (1953 - ), Watchmen, 1986
Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
You can't say that civilization don't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), New York Times, Dec. 23, 1929
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My computer beat me at chess... so I beat it at kickboxing.: Demetri Martin
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In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.: Paul Dirac (1902 - 1984)
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Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one's own self.: Erich Fromm (1900 - 1980)
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.: Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931)
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A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures.: Daniel Webster (1782 - 1852)
The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear, toward others as well as ourselves.: Oscar Arias Sanchez (1941 - )
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Wars teach us not to love our enemies, but to hate our allies.: W. L. George
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'Tis an ill wind that blows no minds.: Malaclypse the Younger
In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind.: Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895), lecture 1854
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If we were to care about every person suffering on this planet, life would shut down.: David Shore, House M.D., One Day, One Room, 2007