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The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.: Harlan Ellison (1934 - )
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When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears.: Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
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Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.: George Carlin (1937 - 2008)
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Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.: Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
There is always so much talk about the sins of the fathers, but it is the sins of the mothers that are the most difficult to avoid repeating.: Melanie Benjamin, Alice I Have Been, 2010
Every instance of heartbreak can teach us powerful lessons about creating the kind of love we really want.: Martha Beck, O Magazine, February 2003
All my possessions for a moment of time.: Elizabeth I (1533 - 1603)
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Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body.: Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894)
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Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.: Herman Melville (1819 - 1891)
Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether impossible.: Stanislaw Lem (1921 - 2006)
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Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.: Laurie Anderson, Language Is A Virus
The least of learning is done in the classrooms.: Thomas Merton (1915 - 1968)
When I pass, speak freely of my shortcomings and my flaws. Learn from them, for I'll have no ego to injure.: Aaron McGruder, Boondocks, 07-04-04
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Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.: R. Buckminster Fuller (1895 - 1983), Interview, April 30, 1978
There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.: Steven Wright (1955 - )
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.: Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)
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An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.: Henry Ford (1863 - 1947)
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I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.: Rodney Dangerfield (1921 - 2004)
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No one who cannot rejoice in the discovery of his own mistakes deserves to be called a scholar.: Donald Foster
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Trouble is part of your life, and if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough.: Dinah Shore (1917 - 1994)