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The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), (attributed)
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It is only necessary to make war with five things; with the maladies of the body, the ignorances of the mind, with the passions of the body, with the seditions of the city and the discords of families.: Pythagoras (582 BC - 507 BC)
When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.: Henry J. Kaiser (1882 - 1967)
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Life ain't like books. Books got somebody writin' 'em and tryin' to entertain ya. Life is more like a set of Legos. Unless you take care of 'em, you lose a few pieces and you end up steppin' on 'em with bare feet. You gotta take care of your life.: Laura Moncur (1969 - ), Merriton: 35 Minutes Away From Home, 02-29-12
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Food is our common ground, a universal experience.: James Beard
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.: P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - )
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There are only two ways of telling the complete truth--anonymously and posthumously.: Thomas Sowell (1930 - )
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Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.: John Wayne (1907 - 1979)
The more things change, the more they remain... insane.: Michael Fry and T. Lewis, Over the Hedge, 05-09-04
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Passion makes the world go round. Love just makes it a safer place.: Ice T, The Ice Opinion
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Sending important messages via text is the coward’s way out. Don’t be the person who texts important messages. It’s rude, inconsiderate, and, yes, cowardly.: Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011
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Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life.: Dr. David M. Burns
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Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes.: Mickey Mouse (1928 - )
The talent should speak for itself.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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I once said cynically of a politician, 'He'll doublecross that bridge when he comes to it.': Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
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The point is that no matter what your feelings are, your children will be better off if you make them your central focus and work diligently at keeping the parenting relationship civil and cooperative.: Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011
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The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.: Farmers' Almanac, 1978
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.: Miss Piggy
Let me advise thee not to talk of thyself as being old. There is something in Mind Cure, after all, and if thee continually talks of thyself as being old, thee may perhaps bring on some of the infirmities of age. At least I would not risk it if I were thee.: Hannah Whitall Smith, 1907