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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.: Abba Eban (1915 - 2002)
Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in something, use that something to support their own existence.: Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993)
If you don't know what to do, call the media and at least give the appearance of doing something.: David Peterson
I stand by all the misstatements that I've made.: Dan Quayle (1947 - ), to Sam Donaldson, 8/17/89
God give me strength to face a fact though it slay me.: Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)
I think wholeness comes from living your life consciously during the day and then exploring your inner life or unconscious at night.: Margery Cuyler
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We are each responsible for our own life - no other person is or even can be.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine
There are two kinds of people in the world, those who believe there are two kinds of people in the world and those who don't.: Robert Benchley (1889 - 1945), Benchley's Law of Distinction
Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive.: Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937)
We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.: Whoopi Goldberg
The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet.: William Gibson (1948 - )
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I am a Marxist--of the Groucho tendency.: Anonymous, French slogan
Life is an adventure in forgiveness.: Norman Cousins (1915 - 1990)
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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.: Walter Bagehot (1826 - 1877)
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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Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.: R. Buckminster Fuller (1895 - 1983)
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Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.: Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773)
You give my regards to St. Peter, or whoever has his job, but in Hell.: Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jed Whedon, Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, 2008
My education was dismal. I went to a series of schools for mentally disturbed teachers.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
There is only one real deprivation, I decided this morning, and that is not to be able to give one's gifts to those one loves most.: May Sarton