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A person who trusts no one can't be trusted.: Jerome Blattner
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I bet the human brain is a kludge.: Marvin Minsky
It is within the families themselves where peace can begin.: Susan Partnow
It may make your blood boil and your mind may not be changed, but the practice of listening to opposing views is essential for effective citizenship. It is essential for our democracy.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), University of Michigan Commencement, 2010
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Eating is really one of your indoor sports. You play three times a day, and it's well worth while to make the game as pleasant as possible.: Dorothy Draper
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The only way to have a friend is to be one.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become an enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.: Saadi (1184 - 1291)
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One of the most obvious facts about grownups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child.: Randall Jarrell (1914 - 1965)
I'm kind of jealous of the life I'm supposedly leading.: Zach Braff
I don't have a bank account, because I don't know my mother's maiden name.: Paula Poundstone
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We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.: Harrison Ford (1942 - ), quoted by Garry Jenkins in 'Harrison Ford: Imperfect Hero'
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If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.: Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)
The way to final freedom is within thy self.: The Book of the Golden Precepts
We made a solemn vow not to take any job outside of show business. We borrowed money from parents and friends, rather than take that lethal job waiting tables. This forced us to take any job offered to us. Anything. We once did a show in the middle of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia as part of a fashion show on a hot July night while all around our stage, a race-riot was fully underway. That's how serious we were about our vow.: Raymond Joseph Teller, Fury Letter written to Brian Brushwood, 10-18-93
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In this business you either sink or swim or you don't.: David Smith
I believe that people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.: Nancy Reagan (1921 - )
Always be nice to people on the way up; because you'll meet the same people on the way down.: Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933)
Unfortunately sometimes one can't do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Razor's Edge, 1943
When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.: Stanislaw J. Lec (1909 - 1966), "Unkempt Thoughts"
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Convinced myself, I seek not to convince.: Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849), Berenice
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