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- Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.
- Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), A Man without a Country
- For [a product] to surprise me, it must be satisfying expectations I didn't know I had. No focus group is going to discover those. Only a great designer can.
- Paul Graham, Made in USA
- The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose.
- Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)
- It is better to confess ignorance than provide it.
- Homer Hickam, The Coalwood Way
- I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.
- Xenocrates (396 BC - 314 BC)
- The picture you have in your mind of what you're about will come true.
- Bob Dylan (1941 - ), June 12, 2005 interview with Ed Bradley on 60 Minutes (CBS)
- When I was from Cupid's passions free, my Muse was mute and wrote no elegy.
- Ovid (43 BC - 17 AD), Amores
- Romans, never forget that government is your medium! Be this your art:-to practice men in habit of peace, generosity to the conquered, and firmness against aggressors.
- Virgil (70 BC - 19 BC), Aeneid
- The tree of life is self pruning.
- Joel Determan, Darwin Awards
- Accidents ruled every cornor of the universe except the chambers of the human heart.
- David Guterson, Snow Falling On Cedars
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