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Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives.: A. Sachs
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Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.: Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900 - 1944)
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We all have such a finite time to leave the world better than we found it.: Dave Kellett, Sheldon, 10-30-12
Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.: Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), Slaughterhouse Five
Fig Newton: The force required to accelerate a fig 39.37 inches per sec.: J. Hart (1931 - )
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.: Judith Martin, (Miss Manners)
I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from.: Eddie Izzard
We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on.: Richard Feynman (1918 - 1988)
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We are drawn to our television sets each April the way we are drawn to the scene of an accident.: Vincent Canby, on the Academy Awards
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It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
The trouble with normal is it always gets worse.: Bruce Cockburn
It's all knowing what to start with. If you start in the right place and follow all the steps, you will get to the right end.: Elizabeth Moon, The Speed of Dark, 2003
When I was younger I thought success was something different. I thought, " When I grow up, I want to be famous. I want to be a star. I want to be in movies. When I grow up I want to see the world, drive nice cars. I want to have groupies." But my idea of success is different today. For me, the most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and not to give into peer pressure, to try to be something that you're not. To live your life as an honest and compassionate person. To contribute in some way.: Ellen DeGeneres, Tulane Commencement Speech, 2009
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People only worry about the uncanny for about a week; that's the end of their attention span. After that, suspicions turn into shtick.: Scott Westerfeld, Peeps, 2005
It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.: Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook
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Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God.: Heywood Broun (1888 - 1939)
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The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.: Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924), Under Western Eyes, 1911
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The only reason we die, is because we accept death as an inevitability.: Seth MacFarlane, The Family Guy
It's actually easy to tell if your house is haunted: It isn't. Grow up.: Jimmy Carr, Netflix special, 2019
When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.: Saint Francis de Sales (1567 - 1622)