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Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
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I've decided that the key to happiness is low expectations.: Laura Moncur (1969 - ), Merriton: Twelve Hours from San Francisco, 06-04-08
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You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.: Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
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It's sad when our daddies die. Makes us one less person inside.: Pamela Ribon, Why Girls Are Weird, 2003
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Words are a heavy thing...they weigh you down. If birds talked, they couldn't fly.: Sy Rosen and Christian Williams, Northern Exposure, On Your Own, 1992
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Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.: Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Nichomachean Ethics
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Great part of being a grownup, you never have to do anything.: Peter Blake, House M.D., Safe, 2006
When a quiet man is moved to passion, it seems the very earth will shake.: Stephanie Barron, Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor, 1996
In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.: Paul Dirac (1902 - 1984)
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Life is like one big Mardi Gras. But instead of showing your boobs, show people your brain, and if they like what they'll, you'll have more beads than you know what to do with.: Ellen DeGeneres, Tulane Commencement Speech, 2009
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Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.: Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004), Dear Me (1977)
Knowledge is power.: Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626), Religious Meditations, Of Heresies, 1597
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Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.: Sarah Ban Breathnach
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In the end, we decide if we're remembered for what happened to us or for what we did with it.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 06-29-06
When someone tells you something defies description, you can be pretty sure he's going to have a go at it anyway.: Clyde B. Aster
Avoidance is a great tool to get away from food in my face all day long.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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Sometimes it's hard to avoid the happiness of others.: David Assael, Northern Exposure, Our Tribe, 1992
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The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
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A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.: Ring Lardner (1885 - 1933), "How to Write Short Stories"
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