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It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over.: Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950)
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Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary.: Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
Never say never, for if you live long enough, chances are you will not be able to abide by its restrictions. Never is a long, undependable time, and life is too full of rich possibilities to have restrictions placed upon it.: Gloria Swanson (1899 - 1983)
Kids are like buckets of disease that live in your house.: Louis C. K., Louis C. K.: Chewed Up, 2008
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The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.: Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
It is impossible to travel faster than the speed of light, and certainly not desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.: Henry J. Kaiser (1882 - 1967)
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Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.: Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)
Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this, that you are dreadfully like other people.: James Russell Lowell (1819 - 1891)
Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.: Dr. Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734), Gnomologia, 1732
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We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are - that is the fact.: Jean-Paul Sartre (1905 - 1980)
I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.: Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972), quoted by Time, June 9, 1975
Dedicate some of your life to others. Your dedication will not be a sacrifice. It will be an exhilarating experience because it is an intense effort applied toward a meaningful end.: Dr. Thomas Dooley
I want to change the pop world one sequin at a time. Artists tend to take themselves way too seriously and don't enjoy the fun of making an impact on culture. I just have a good time and sequins represent a good time.: Lady Gaga (1986 - ), BBC Breakfast, 04-21-09
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
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No good deed goes unpunished.: Clare Booth Luce (1903 - 1987), in H. Faber, The Book of Laws, 1980
Nobody's journey is seamless or smooth. We all stumble. We all have setbacks. It's just life's way of saying, "Time to change course.": Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2008
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Man is the Only Animal that Blushes. Or needs to.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Following the Equator (1897)
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You don't become great by trying to be great. You become great by wanting to do something, and then doing it so hard that you become great in the process.: Randall Munroe, xkcd, Marie Curie, 2011
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Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.: Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)