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It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.: Evelyn Waugh (1903 - 1966)
A sense of duty is useful in work, but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not be endured with patient resignation.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 10
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I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities.: Dr. Seuss (1904 - 1991)
Make your own recovery the first priority in your life.: Robin Norwood
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If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run - and often in the short one - the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative.: Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - ), The Exploration of Space, 1951
It doesn't matter if you win or lose in the big, scary jungle of the real world. Winners and losers... Enemies and allies... We don't live in a comic book! This is the real deal.: Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), The American Scholar, August 31, 1837
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The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them.: Sir William Bragg (1862 - 1942)
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Maybe the greatest challenge now is to find a way to keep independence while also committing ourselves to the ties that bind people, families, and ultimately societies together.: Jane O'Reilly
A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on.: William S. Burroughs (1914 - 1997)
Clergymen have much the same in their breeches as other men.: Elizabeth Aston, The Second Mrs. Darcy, 2007
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Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.: Anatole France (1844 - 1924), The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...': Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)
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To the soul, there is hardly anything more healing than friendship.: Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)
There is surely a piece of divinity in us, something that was before the elements, and owes no homage unto the sun.: Sir Thomas Browne (1605 - 1682), 1642
Sometimes people are layered like that. There's something totally different underneath than what's on the surface. But sometimes, there's a third, even deeper level, and that one is the same as the top surface one. Like with pie.: Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jed Whedon, Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, 2008
I would rather be right and die than be wrong and kill.: Holly Lisle, Fire In The Mist, 1992
If the inevitability of human oblivion worries you, I encourage you to ignore it.: John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, 2012
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Mistakes are the portals of discovery.: James Joyce (1882 - 1941)
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I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.: Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
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