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Love is everything it's cracked up to be…It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.: Erica Jong, O Magazine, February 2004
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The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.: Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888), 'Literature and Dogma,' preface to 1883 edition, last words
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Whoever does not love his work cannot hope that it will please others.: Unknown
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The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.: Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
Assuming either the Left Wing or the Right Wing gained control of the country, it would probably fly around in circles.: Pat Paulsen
I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, "I wanna grow up and be a critic.": Richard Pryor (1940 - 2005), Guardian Unlimited (UK) August 9, 2004
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Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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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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[Common sense] is the best sense I know of.: Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773)
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One single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer.: G. E. Lessing (1729 - 1781)
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What you look like on the outside is not what makes you cool at all. I mean, I had a mullet and wore parachute pants for a long, long time, and I'm doin' okay.: Ellen DeGeneres, The Ellen Show, 05-17-13
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It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.: Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)
Americans are benevolently ignorant about Canada, while Canadians are malevolently well informed about the United States.: J. Bartlett Brebner
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I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.: Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719), 'The Spectator'
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Why was I born with such contemporaries?: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B.: Fats Domino (1928 - )
If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
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The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.: Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)
What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?: Irv Kupcinet
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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.: Daniel J. Boorstin (1914 - )
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