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  • Austin O'Malley A hole is nothing at all, but you can break your neck in it.
    Austin O'Malley
    American writer, ophthalmologist and a professor of English literatur (1858 - 1932)
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  • Abraham Polonsky A holiday is when you celebrate something that's all finished up, that happened a long time ago and now there's nothing left to celebrate but the dead.
    Abraham Polonsky
    American film director, screenwriter and novelist (1910 - 1999)
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  • Bram Stoker A house cannot be made habitable in a day; and, after all, how few days go to make up a century.
    Bram Stoker
    Irish author (1847 - 1912)
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  • Max Eastman A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the listener's mind. You start him off toward a plausible goal, and then by a sudden twist you land him nowhere at all or just where he didn't expect to go.
    Max Eastman
    American writer on literature, philosophy and society (1883 - 1969)
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  • Bill Kurtis A journalist enjoys a privileged position. In exchange for not being able to participate in the rough-and-tumble issues of a community, we are given license to observe it all, based on the understanding that we'll tell everyone what happens fairly and squarely. That's harder than it sounds.
    Bill Kurtis
    American television journalist (1940 - )
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  • Samuel Butler A lawyers dream of heaven; every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Carly Fiorina A leader's most important decisions are about people. Who do you put in which jobs? How long do you leave them in a job?
    Carly Fiorina
    American businesswoman and political (1954 - )
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  • Ann Bancroft A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relative to the risk-taker.
    Ann Bancroft
    American author, teacher, adventurer (1955 - )
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  • Anne Bronte A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.
    Anne Bronte
    British writer (1820 - 1849)
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  • Marcus Aurelius A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all - that is myself.
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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  • Sir Richard Steele A little in drink, but at all times your faithful husband.
    Sir Richard Steele
    British Dramatist, Essayist, Editor (1672 - 1729)
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  • Albert Szent-Gyorgyi A living cell requires energy not only for all its functions, but also for the maintenance of its structure.
    Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
    Hungarian physician and Nobel Prize winner in Medicine (1893 - 1986)
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  • Boy George A lot of people felt I was getting work because I was Boy George. My response at the time was that there's a lot of DJs making records, they're not all making good records, but they have the right to do that.
    Boy George
    English singer, songwriter, DJ, fashion designer and actor (1961 - )
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  • Ann Druyan A lot of people have this ego need that makes them want to believe that Earth is the center of the universe and humans are the most important species, the supreme expression of creation.
    Ann Druyan
    American writer (1949 - )
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  • Ben Savage A lot of people say the sitcom is dead. I think they're right to some extent, in that the shows they're putting out are all the same.
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  • Billy Ray Cyrus A lot of people think Christianity is about always being perfect. It's actually the opposite of that. It's realizing that we're all humans, and that's why God sent his Son to this earth - to save people.
    Billy Ray Cyrus
    American singer-songwriter and actor (1961 - )
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  • Calista Flockhart A lot of the tabloid stories are written so well, they're very clever and very funny. But you have to focus on what's really important and not read them - don't dive into it and don't get caught up in it.
    Calista Flockhart
    American actress (1964 - )
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  • Garrison Keillor A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.
    Garrison Keillor
    American humoristic writer (1942 - )
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  • Thomas Hardy A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all. Circumspection and devotion are a contradiction in terms.
    Thomas Hardy
    British writer and poet (1840 - 1928)
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  • Thomas Carlyle A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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