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Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions.: Evan Esar (1899 - 1995), Esar's Comic Dictionary
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The game of life is the game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later, with astounding accuracy.: Florence Shinn
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
There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you.: Peter De Vries
Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe.: Robert Service (1874 - 1958)
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.: Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931), (attributed)
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
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Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he's overcharging you.: Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)
When everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody.: W. S. Gilbert (1836 - 1911)
The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young.: Willa Cather (1873 - 1947)
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My mother buried three husbands, and two of them were just napping.: Rita Rudner
I was thought to be 'stuck up.' I wasn't. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure.: Bette Davis (1908 - 1989), The Lonely Life, 1962
Ritual is the way you carry the presence of the sacred. Ritual is the spark that must not go out.: Christina Baldwin
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.: John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006)
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Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine
The most boring thing in the entire world is nudity. The second most boring thing is honesty.: Chuck Palahniuk (1962 - ), Invisible Monsters, 1999
You can see into the future if you have a basic understanding of how people are likely to act.: John Green, An Abundance of Katherines, 2008
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The leaders we revere and the businesses that last are generally not the result of a narrow pursuit of popularity or personal advancement, but of devotion to some bigger purpose. That's the hallmark of real success. The other trapping of success might be the by product of this larger mission, but it can't be the central thing.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), Arizona State Commencement Speech, 2009
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.: Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Bachelor's degrees make pretty good placemats if you get 'em laminated.: Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content, 01-04-07
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