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Beauty often seduces us on the road to truth.: David Shore, House M.D., Occam's Razor, 2004
Anybody who has doubts about the ingenuity or the resourcefulness of a plumber never got a bill from one.: George Meany
Cynically speaking, one could say that it is true to life to be cynical about it.: Paul Tillich (1886 - 1965), The Courage to Be
The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.: Leo Rosten (1908 - )
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The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape...: Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance.: William Wirt (1772 - 1834)
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Nothing is as simple as we hope it will be.: Jim Horning
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When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.: Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)
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The report of my death was an exaggeration.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), New York Journal, June 2, 1897
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Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), Life of Boerhaave
If all the year were playing holidays; To sport would be as tedious as to work.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), 'The First Part of King Henry the IV'
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An agreeable manner may set off handsome features, but can never alter plain ones.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
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Somebody once asked me if I have anything like faith, and I said I have faith in the narrative. I have a belief in a narrative that is bigger than me, that is alive and I trust will work itself out.: Joss Whedon, Entertainment Weekly, 08-30-13
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A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.: Pearl Buck (1892 - 1973)
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I take my wife everywhere, but she keeps finding her way back.: Henny Youngman (1906 - 1998)
I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for the truth; and truth rewarded me.: Simone de Beauvoir
I have no pretensions whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Pride and Prejudice, 1811
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.: James Thurber (1894 - 1961), New Yorker, Feb. 4, 1939, "The Fairly Intelligent Fly"
It's not about the writing. It's about the feelings behind the words.: Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
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The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), in Christian Science
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