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Travel is only glamorous in retrospect.: Paul Theroux (1941 - ), in The Washington Post
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Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.: Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964)
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Sometimes the laughter in mothering is the recognition of the ironies and absurdities. Sometime, though, it's just pure, unthinking delight.: Barbara Schapiro, O Magazine, May 2003
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The mint makes it first, it is up to you to make it last.: Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
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There are worse things than looking stupid. Sleeping through life is one of them.: Laura Preble, The Queen Geek Social Club, 2006
I know a lot about cars. I can look at a car's headlights and tell you exactly which way it's coming.: Mitch Hedberg (1968 - 2005)
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People who are 'ready' give off a different vibe than people who aren't. Animals can smell fear; maybe that's it. The minute you become ready is the the minute you stop dreaming. Suddenly it's no longer about 'becoming'. Suddenly it's about 'doing'.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 28. Power is never given. Power is taken., 08-22-04
If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us?: Lois McMaster Bujold, Diplomatic Immunity, 2002
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There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?: Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)
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Women should be obscene and not heard.: Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
If you really want to do something, you do it. You don't save it for a sound bite.: Liz Friedman, House M.D., Hunting, 2005
I consider being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill.: Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)
The universe is not hostile, nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferent.: J. H. Holmes
It's better to be a pirate than to join the Navy.: Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011), Odyssey: Pepsi to Apple
I don't like green Christmases. They're not green—they're just nasty faded browns and grays.: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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A single day is enough to make us a little larger.: Paul Klee (1879 - 1940)
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It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it.: Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800 - 1859)
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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The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.: George F. Will (1941 - )
Hysteria is only possible with an audience.: Chuck Palahniuk (1962 - ), Invisible Monsters, 1999