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The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.
Ursula K. LeGuinThings are more like they are now than they ever were before.
Dwight David EisenhowerIn the end, everything is a gag.
Charlie ChaplinThe right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.
William SafireThe whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
Bertrand RussellOnce a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.
HoraceA fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
George Bernard ShawI can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars.
Fred AllenA hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
Ralph Waldo EmersonEconomics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.
John Kenneth GalbraithThere is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.
CiceroKindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Lao-TzuIt is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!
Friedrich NietzscheSlight not what's near through aiming at what's far.
EuripidesWhen I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.
Dolly PartonIn the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.
Mignon McLaughlinWe can never tell what is in store for us.
Harry S TrumanI can endure my own despair but not another's hope.
William WalshThis life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy.
Susan Polis SchutzI have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it.
VoltaireModesty is a vastly overrated virtue.
John Kenneth GalbraithYou are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
Woodrow WilsonIn individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule.
Friedrich NietzscheI knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.
Marilyn MonroeEvery path serves a purpose.
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