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- The men the American public admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.
- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
- Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.
- Jodie Foster (1962 - )
- The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything - or nothing.
- Nancy Astor (1879 - 1964)
- The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.
- George F. Will (1941 - )
- It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'
- Sam Levenson (1911 - 1980)
- I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
- We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.
- Aneurin Bevan (1897 - 1960)
- People often write me and ask how I keep my wood floors so clean when I live with a child and a dog, and my answer is that I use a technique called Suffering From a Mental Illness.
- Heather Armstrong, Dooce, 07-07-06
- Late to bed and late to wake will keep you long on money and short on mistakes.
- Aaron McGruder, The Boondocks, 07-10-2001
- To predict the behavior of ordinary people in advance, you only have to assume that they will always try to escape a disagreeable situation with the smallest possible expenditure of intelligence.
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
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