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| Author Unknown |
"If it is to be, it is up to me."
"Money can't buy happiness; it can, however, rent it."
"The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets."
"There's a pinch of the madman in every great man."
"Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many."
"Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious."
"One thing the inventors can't seem to get the bugs out of is fresh paint."
"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once."
"Obscenity is the crutch of inarticulate motherfuckers."
"The only difference between graffiti and philosophy is the word fuck."
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| Doctor Who |
"Rest is for the weary, sleep is for the dead."
"First things first, but not necessarily in that order."
"The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views...which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering."
"Logic merely enables one to be wrong with authority."
"Anybody remotely interesting is mad, in some way or another."
"Resistance is useless."
"It may be irrational of me, but human beings are quite my favorite species."
"According to classical aerodynamics, it is impossible for a bumblebee to fly."
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| Henry Louis Mencken |
"Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence."
"The only really happy folk are married women and single men."
"Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution."
"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public."
"For every problem, there is one solution which is simple, neat and wrong."
"It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man."
"The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore."
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| W. Somerset Maugham |
"It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say 'I don't know'."
"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."
"Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it."
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"An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones."
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"Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit."
"The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit."
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| Woody Allen |
"Don't knock masturbation -- it's sex with someone I love."
"It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens."
"The good people sleep much better at night than the bad people. Of course, the bad people enjoy the waking hours much more."
"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying."
"More than any time in history mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness, the other to total extinction. Let us pray that we have the wisdom to choose correctly."
"Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought ---particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things."
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| Mahatma Gandhi |
"The good man is the friend of all living things."
"An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind."
"The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within."
"A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave."
"Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
"Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty, it is it's own reward. Everything else is in God's hands."
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| The Kennedy Family |
"The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die."
-Edward Kennedy
"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."
-John F. Kennedy
"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country."
-John F. Kennedy
"When the going gets tough, the tough get going."
-Joseph P. Kennedy
"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."
-Robert Kennedy
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| Douglas Adams |
"Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so."
"Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."
"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so."
"In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry, and has been widely regarded as a bad idea."
"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened."
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| Martin Luther King |
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
"Life's most urgent question is: what are you doing for others?"
"Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it."
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
"Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: - 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'"
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| George Bernard Shaw |
"All great truths begin as blasphemies."
"It is most unwise for people in love to marry."
"The golden rule is that there are no golden rules."
"The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post."
"We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience."
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