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- No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.
- Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)
- In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), "Self Reliance"
- My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare.
- Mike Myers
- Writing well means never having to say, 'I guess you had to be there.'
- Jef Mallett, Frazz, 07-29-07
- No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself.
- Thomas Mann (1875 - 1955)
- Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them.
- Franklin P. Adams (1881 - 1960)
- The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.
- Quentin Crisp
- I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.
- Ian Fleming (1908 - 1964)
- People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust.
- E. B. White (1899 - 1985)
- First you're an unknown, then you write one book and you move up to obscurity.
- Martin Myers
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