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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - August 13, 2015
There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.
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Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - )  
I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
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Jerome K. Jerome (1859 - 1927), "Three Men in a Boat", 1889  
If you think something is boring, try doing it for two minutes. If you still think it's boring, try it for four. If you still think it's boring, try it for eight, then sixteen, then thirty-two, and so on and so forth. Soon enough you'll find that it's really not boring at all.
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John Cage (1912 - 1992)  
Guns don't kill people. People who say "Guns don't kill people" kill people. With guns.
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