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In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning.: George Orwell (1903 - 1950), "Politics and the English Language", 1946
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We would worry less about what others think of us if we realized how seldom they do.: Ethel Barrett
One of the things about being a grown-up is learning how to act right even when you feel wrong.: Sean Stewart, Perfect Circle, 2004
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.: Marcus Valerius Martialis (40 AD - 103 AD)
Newspapermen learn to call a murderer 'an alleged murderer' and the King of England 'the alleged King of England' to avoid libel suits.: Stephen Leacock (1869 - 1944)
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The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), 'Of Human Bondage', 1915
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An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.: Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
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Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.: Robert Orben
The weird thing about houses is that they almost always look like nothing is happening inside of them, even though they contain most of our lives.: John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, 2012
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Better to look weak and be strong than to look strong and be weak.: Laura Moncur (1969 - ), Merriton: 35 Minutes from Home, 05-19-12
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I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.: E. V. Lucas
Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face.: Dave Barry (1947 - )
It is how people respond to stress that determines whether they will profit from misfortune or be miserable.: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, 1990
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What you will do matters. All you need is to do it.: Judy Grahn, Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds, 1984
What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.: Albert Pine
Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life.: Robert Byrne
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Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.: Margaret Atwood (1939 - ), Cat's Eye, 1988
Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.: Ben Hecht (1893 - 1964)
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The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things.: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 - 1799)