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It makes you feel very virtuous when you forgive people, doesn't it?: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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Sometimes it is harder to deprive oneself of a pain than of a pleasure.: F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940), Tender is the Night
In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.: Ellen DeGeneres, (attributed)
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All television is children's television.: Richard P. Adler
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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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There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity.: Robertson Davies
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Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?: James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.: Simon Cameron (1799 - 1889)
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I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.: Marlene Dietrich (1901 - 1992)
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The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values.: Norman Thomas (1884 - 1968)
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Let tears flow of their own accord: their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.: Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
God help those who do not help themselves.: Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933)
Nothing can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own.: Sidney J. Harris
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Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare.: John Dryden (1631 - 1700)
I was going to have cosmetic surgery until I noticed that the doctor's office was full of portraits by Picasso.: Rita Rudner
My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.: Peter De Vries
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Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together....: Carl Zwanzig
There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.: Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
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There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting.: David Letterman (1947 - )
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Some tips for life: 1.Don't be afraid to follow your dreams, unless your dreams are stupid. 2.Be kind to people. 3.Don't get too excited when you read the Fountainhead 4.In times of recession, it is time for invention. 5.Things can kill you, so keep that in mind, you fearless know it alls.: Eugene Mirman, LHS Commencement Speech, 2009