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I can believe anything, provided that it is quite incredible.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
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Think of life as a terminal illness, because, if you do, you will live it with joy and passion, as it ought to be lived.: Anna Quindlen (1953 - ), A Short Guide to a Happy Life, 2000
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)
Part of being a Master is learning how to sing in nobody else's voice but your own.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 25. You have to find your own schtick., 08-22-04
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.: Dale Carnegie
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Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.: Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
The ability to see beauty is the beginning of our moral sensibility. What we believe is beautiful we will not wantonly destroy.: Reverend Sean Parker Dennison, Ministrare, 2-10-05
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You can talk about anything if you go about it the right way, which is never malicious.: Rodney Carrington
Last night I dreamed I ate a ten-pound marshmallow, and when I woke up the pillow was gone.: Tommy Cooper
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We feel in one world, we think and name in another. Between the two we can set up a system of references, but we cannot fill in the gap.: Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)
Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.: Terry Pratchett
The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.: Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)
Martyrdom... is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), The Devil's Disciple (1901) act 3
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We do what we must, and call it by the best names.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door.: Publilius Syrus (~100 BC)
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Parents are never as bad as kids think they are.: Matt Witten, House M.D., Cursed, 2004
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Life was mostly made up of things you couldn't control, full of surprises, and they weren't always good. Life wasn't what you made it. You were what life made you.: Sara Zarr, Sweehearts, 2008
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Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
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It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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One can't stay sad very long in such an interesting world, can one?: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908