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The two symbols of the Republican Party: an elephant, and a big fat white guy who is threatened by change.: Seth MacFarlane, The Family Guy
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), "Of Human Bondage", 1915
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Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst.: Lin Yutang
Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.: Russell Baker (1925 - )
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Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.: William Ralph Inge (1860 - 1954)
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Man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that great gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creature is born.: Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821 - 1881), "The Brothers Karamazov"
Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
Do not wait for the last judgment. It takes place every day.: Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)
Mighty hard to tell the people you love you're a failure.: Laura Moncur (1969 - ), Merriton: Twelve Hours from San Francisco, 11-28-07
One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.: Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)
Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before.: Rita Rudner
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Nothing fails like success.: Gerald Nachman
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Riches may enable us to confer favours, but to confer them with propriety and grace requires a something that riches cannot give.: Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832), Lacon, 1825
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Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.: Pete Seeger
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A man who thinks he has a higher purpose can do terrible things, even to those he professes to love.: Denise Mina, Hellblazer: Empathy is the Enemy, 2006
You must not come lightly to the blank page.: Stephen King (1947 - ), On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, 2000
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.: Dutch Proverb
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Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.: Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976)
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I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.: Jules Renard (1864 - 1910)
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The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball - the further I am rolled, the more I gain.: Susan B. Anthony (1820 - 1906)