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I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.
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Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972), in Look, Apr. 3, 1956
Biography lends to death a new terror.
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Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
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Charlotte Bronte (1816 - 1855), Jane Eyre, 1847
Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.
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J. K. Rowling, Harvard Commencement Address, 2008
The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground.
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Thomas Overbury (1581 - 1613)
I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.
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Joseph Baretti, quoted in Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson
As I was walking up the stair
I met a man who wasn't there.
He wasn't there again today.
I wish, I wish he'd stay away.
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Hughes Mearns
Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
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Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.
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Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004)
Creativity is...seeing something that doesn't exist already. You need to find out how you can bring it into being and that way be a playmate with God.
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Michele Shea
I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.
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Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972), quoted by Time, June 9, 1975
Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy.
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Edward Chapin
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
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Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
When in doubt, tell the truth.
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Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?
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Rose Kennedy (1890 - 1995)
My Father taught me to weigh my words carefully, and speak up only when I had something insightful to add to the proceedings, or something really funny to say. He also taught me that if I couldn’t be that kind of guy in real life, that I could earn a healthy living pretending to be that guy in the movies – particularly when paired up with a long haired stoner.
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Kevin Smith, My Boring Ass Life, 06-01-05
Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.
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W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), 'Of Human Bondage', 1915
Make your own recovery the first priority in your life.
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Robin Norwood
After all is said and done, a lot more will be said than done.
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Lies are like children: they're hard work, but it's worth it because the future depends on them.
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Pam Davis, House M.D., It's A Wonderful Lie, 2008
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MM's Cynical Quotes LM's Motivational Quotes Classic Quotes
Cole's Quotables Rand Lindsly's Quotes Poor Man's College
alt.quotations Archives 20th Century Quotations Quotations by Women
The Devil's Dictionary Contributed Quotations

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