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I like an escalator because an escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. There would never be an escalator temporarily out of order sign, only an escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience.: Mitch Hedberg (1968 - 2005), Comedy Central Presents
You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.: Malcolm X (1925 - 1965), Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
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My whole career can be summed up with 'Ignorance is bliss.' When you do not know better, you do not really worry about failing.: Jeff Foxworthy
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.: Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951)
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The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), Illiterate Digest (1924), "Breaking into the Writing Game"
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I believe in recovery, and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.: Ann Richards
The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine
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It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation. Yes we can. It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail towards freedom through the darkest of nights. Yes we can. It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness. Yes we can.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), New Hampshire Democratic Primary Speech, 01-08-08
I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.: Rodney Dangerfield (1921 - 2004)
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Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
Thanks to TV and for the convenience of TV, you can only be one of two kinds of human beings, either a liberal or a conservative.: Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), "Cold Turkey", In These Times, May 10, 2004
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The number of guests at dinner should not be less than the number of the Graces nor exceed that of the Muses, i.e., it should begin with three and stop at nine.: Marcus Terentius Varro (116 BC - 27 BC)
As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.: Dick Cavett (1936 - )
All these years I've been feeling like I was growing into myself. Finally, I feel grown.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, What I Know For Sure, January 2004
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.: Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
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Choosing to live in narrow spaces leads to form of mental agoraphobia and that brings its own terrors. I think the willfully unimaginative see more monsters, they are often more afraid. What is more, those who choose not to empathize enable real monsters. For without ever committing an act of outright evil ourselves, we collude through our own apathy.: J. K. Rowling, Harvard Commencement Address, 2008
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When I was in college, I remember fearing that the dreary grind of adulthood would feature infinitely more existential dread than frat parties had, but the opposite has been true for me. I'm much less likely to feel that gnawing fear of aimlessness and nihilism than I used to be and that's partly because education gave me job opportunities, but it's mostly because education gave me perspective and context.: John Green, Vlogbrothers, Is College Worth It?, 08-21-12
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I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back.: Richard Lewis