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No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up.: Lily Tomlin (1939 - )
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Shared laughter creates a bond of friendships. When people laugh together, they cease to be young and old, teacher and pupils, worker and boss. They become a single group of human beings.: W. Lee Grant
It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English -- up to fifty words used in correct context -- no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese.: Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)
I live in company with a body, a silent companion, exacting and eternal.: Eugene Delacroix (1798 - 1863)
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Mortals believe gods to be omnipotent and ever-knowing. The truth is more slippery; their limitations are multiple, kaleidoscopic, and idiosyncratic.: Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow, 2019
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I wanna hang a map of the world in my house. Then I'm gonna put pins into all the locations that I've traveled to. But first, I'm gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map so it won't fall down.: Mitch Hedberg (1968 - 2005)
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.: Malcolm X (1925 - 1965)
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Everything you do in life, every choice you make, has a consequence. When you do things without thinkin', then you ain't makin' the choice. The choice is makin' you.: Mark Steven Johnson, Ghostrider, 2007
There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes.: Doctor Who
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When a man takes one step toward God, God takes more steps toward that man than there are sands in the worlds of time.: The Work of the Chariot
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The toughest question has always been, "How do you get your ideas?" How do you answer that? It's like asking runners how they run, or singers how they sing. They just do it!: Lynn Johnston (1947 - ), Lynn on Ideas
I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet.: Rodney Dangerfield (1921 - 2004)
I would rather be right and die than be wrong and kill.: Holly Lisle, Fire In The Mist, 1992
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that works.: John Gaule
When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected.: Marquis de Vauvenargues
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.: Frank Tibolt
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We all self-conscious. I'm just the first to admit it.: Kanye West
I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.: Dan Quayle (1947 - ), 5/22/89
The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), 'Morituri Salutamus,' 1875
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