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I only know two pieces; one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.: Victor Borge (1909 - 2000)
I still need more healthy rest in order to work at my best. My health is the main capital I have and I want to administer it intelligently.: Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961)
Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.': Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)
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I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals. I'm a vegetarian because I hate plants.: A. Whitney Brown
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.: Bill Cosby (1937 - )
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Throughout life, one does not miss any chance to hold onto the things that are really precious, if one is truly wise.: Ed Greenwood
It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment.: Freeman Dyson (1923 - )
Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself - and thus make yourself indispensable.: Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)
I used to work in a fire hydrant factory. You couldn't park anywhere near the place.: Steven Wright (1955 - )
The modern rule is that every woman should be her own chaperon.: Amy Vanderbilt (1908 - 1974)
Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.: Simone Weil (1909 - 1943), Gravity and Grace, 1947
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Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.: Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894)
All great truths begin as blasphemies.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Annajanska (1919)
Outer space is no place for a person of breeding.: Lady Violet Bonham Carter (1887 - 1969)
It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.: Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)
It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English -- up to fifty words used in correct context -- no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese.: Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)
There is no joy in a life that is all information. There is no 'juice' to that kind of life. No sweetness, no color. Like trading a beautiful golden-ripe orange for a stalk of whithered broccoli.: Tish Grier, love and sex and dreams, 04-15-06
To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information within. With our own eyes we see, and with our own skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle it out for himself or herself.: Sophy Burnham
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Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778), Candide, 1759
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It seemed like forever ago, like we’d had this brief but still infinite forever. Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.: John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, 2012
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