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I cannot call to mind a single instance where I have ever been irreverent, except toward the things which were sacred to other people.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), "Is Shakespeare Dead?"
A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felicity justifying the intrusion.: Robert Chapman
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The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability.: Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
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Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.: John Benfield
Trying to be a first-rate reporter on the average American newspaper is like trying to play Bach's 'St. Matthew's Passion' on a ukulele.: Bagdikian's Observation
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Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say that what we really need is a car that can be shot when it breaks down.: Russell Baker (1925 - )
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All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.: Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)
You don't have to die in order to make a living.: Lynn Johnston (1947 - ), For Better or For Worse, 10-14-05
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Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.: Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961)
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I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.: Henny Youngman (1906 - 1998)
All we actually have is our body and its muscles that allow us to be under our own power.: Allegra Kent, Once a Dancer…
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Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.: Sam Brown, Washington Post, 1977
Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.: Edward Gibbon (1737 - 1794)
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Two paradoxes are better than one; they may even suggest a solution.: Edward Teller (1908 - 2003)
I think it's absolutely a blessing when you just know what your purpose is and your destiny. I don't think it's a curse at all.: Lady Gaga (1986 - ), The Today Show, 12-08-08
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We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.: Walt Kelly (1913 - 1973), "Pogo" (comic strip)
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Make sure to be in with your equals if you're going to fall out with your superiors.: Jewish Proverb
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The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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The world is governed more by appearances than realities, so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.: Daniel Webster (1782 - 1852)
Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.: William Arthur Ward
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