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- The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.
- Doug Larson
- Canada is the essence of not being. Not English, not American, it is the mathematic of not being. And a subtle flavour - we're more like celery as a flavour.
- Mike Myers
- The best part about being my age is in knowing how my life worked out. Sure, there's a lot more living to go, but there isn't much doubt that I'll always be the 'Dilbert guy.' Unless I go on a crime spree, in which case I'll be 'that stabbin' Dilbert guy.'
- Scott Adams (1957 - ), The Benefits of Getting Old, Dilbert Blog, 08-22-06
- All the objects pursued by the multitude not only bring no remedy that tends to preserve our being, but even act as hinderances, causing the death not seldom of those who possess them, and always of those who are possessed by them.
- Baruch Spinoza (1632 - 1677), On the Improvement of the Understanding
- I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments.
- Jim Morrison (1943 - 1971)
- The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
- Love is like a tree, it grows of its own accord, it puts down deep roots into our whole being.
- Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), Notre-Dame de Paris
- The people can always be brought to the bidding of their leaders. All you have to do is tell them that they are in danger of being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.
- Hermann Goering (1893 - 1946)
- A human being can stand any amount of pain.
- Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986), Dune
- Every man is condemned to freedom.
- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905 - 1980), Being and Nothingness (1943)
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