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Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.: Judith Martin, (Miss Manners)
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Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.: Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849), 'Eleanora,' 1842
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Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.: Matt Groening (1954 - ), "Life in Hell"
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.: Mel Brooks (1926 - )
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I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it's not nice to be, and that something's wrong with me because I get angry.: Maxine Waters, in Brian Lanker, I Dream a World, 1989
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The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.: Harlan Ellison (1934 - )
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Some of the most devastating things that happen to you will teach you the most.: Ellen DeGeneres, Tulane Commencement Speech, 2009
We inhereit from our ancestors gifts so often taken for granted... Each of us contains within... this inheritance of soul. We are links between the ages, containing past and present expectations, sacred memories and future promise.: Edward Sellner
The days of the digital watch are numbered.: Tom Stoppard (1937 - )
You must pray that the way be long, full of adventures and experiences.: Constantine Peter Cavafy
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Acts of sacrifice and decency without regard to what's in it for you create ripple effects. Ones that lift up families and communities, that spread opportunity and boost our economy.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), Arizona State Commencement Speech, 2009
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The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Sense and Sensibility, 1811
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Then give to the world the best you have. And the best will come back to you.: Madeline Bridges, O Magazine, December 2003
Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error.: Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
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The universe may not always play fair, but at least it's got a hell of a sense of humor.: Michael Patrick King, Sex and the City
There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.: Willa Cather (1873 - 1947), The Song of the Lark, 1915
Why not be happy after a while? You get to a certain age where you prepare yourself for happiness. Sometimes you never remember to get happy.: John Mayer, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, 05-14-12
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The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.: Martina Navratilova (1956 - )
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I know nothing about sex because I was always married.: Zsa Zsa Gabor (1919 - )
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I am in earnest; I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch; and I will be heard.: William Lloyd Garrison (1805 - 1879)