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After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.
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Evelyn Underhill
It's not having what you want
It's wanting what you've got.
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Sheryl Crow, Soak Up The Sun
Crime does not pay ... as well as politics.
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Alfred E. Newman
After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood.
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Fred Thompson, Speech before the Commonwealth Club of California
Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years.
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Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Importance of Being Earnest, Act 3
I have always felt that the moment when first you wake up in the morning is the most wonderful of the twenty-four hours.
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Monica Baldwin
I took a speed reading course and read 'War and Peace' in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.
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Woody Allen (1935 - )
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
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Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
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Thich Nhat Hanh
There is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
What's done cannot be undone.
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William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Macbeth, Act V, sc. 1
He had occasional flashes of silence, that made his conversation perfectly delightful.
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Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845), referring to Macaulay
Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack.
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Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
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Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be carefully considered that comfort and utility may go hand in hand with beauty.
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Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 - 1959), 1908
Everything you can imagine is real.
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Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
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Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961)
Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.
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Lee Simonson
All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.
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H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Interestingly, from an identity standpoint, what does it mean to have a disability? Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do and nobody calls her disabled.
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Aimee Mullins, Ted Conference, How My Legs Give Me Super-Powers, February 2009
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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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