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To err is dysfunctional, to forgive co-dependent.: Berton Averre
A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.: Plutarch (46 AD - 120 AD)
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
We play the hands of cards life gives us. And the worst hands can make us the best players.: Doc Searls, Doc Searls Weblog, 12-02-06
Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all-night drive, we are the sole survivors of a world no one else has ever seen.: John le Carre (1931 - ), "The Chancellor Who Agreed To Play Spy", The New York Times, May 8, 1974
I guess that's how death works. It doesn't matter if we're ready or not. It just happens.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive, 11-29-2006
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When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I'm beginning to believe it.: Clarence Darrow (1857 - 1938)
We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.: Joseph Campbell (1904 - 1987)
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The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.: Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 - 1882)
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When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.: Stanislaw J. Lec (1909 - 1966), "Unkempt Thoughts"
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People laugh at me because I use big words. But if you have big ideas you have to use big words to express them, haven't you?: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top.: An English Professor, Ohio University
I am just going outside and may be some time.: Captain Lawrence Oates (1880 - 1912), last words
Ah! Memory impairment: the free prize at the bottom of every vodka bottle!: Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro and Eric Kaplan, Big Bang Theory, The Agreement Dissection, 2011
When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.: Gracie Allen (1906 - 1964)
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Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.: Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965)
It’s the friends you can call up at four a.m. that matter.: Marlene Dietrich (1901 - 1992)
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Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.: Judy Garland (1922 - 1969), to her daughter, Liza Minelli