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  • John Selden Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were easiest for his feet.
    John Selden
    British Jurist, Statesman (1584 - 1654)
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  • Steve Jobs Older people sit down and ask, 'What is it?' but the boy asks, 'What can I do with it?'.
    Steve Jobs
    American entrepreneur, business magnate, inventor, and industrial (1955 - 2011)
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  • Caity Lotz On 'Death Valley,' I fought this werewolf, and he was picking me up and slamming me down. They put padding down in the garbage so he could really slam me down. They're flying around and I'm doing these jumping flying triangles pulling the guy down. It's just fun.
    Caity Lotz
    American actress, dancer and singer (1986 - )
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  • John Greenleaf Whittier On leaf of palm, on sedge-wrought roll; on plastic clay and leather scroll, man wrote his thoughts; the ages passed, and lo! the Press was found at last!
    John Greenleaf Whittier
    American poet and writer (1807 - 1892)
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  • Charles Baudelaire On the day when a young writer corrects his first proof-sheet he is as proud as a schoolboy who has just got his first dose of pox.
    Charles Baudelaire
    French poet (1821 - 1867)
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  • Alfred de Vigny On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born.
    Alfred de Vigny
    French poet and writer (1797 - 1863)
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  • Adlai Stevenson II On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of countless millions who at the dawn of victory lay down to rest, and in resting died.
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
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  • Woody Allen On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily as lying down.
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • Carol Loomis On the rare occasions when my family talked about business, the subject was Kansas City's Boss Pendergast and his potential for muscling my dad's small gravel-and-sand operation.
    Carol Loomis
    American financial journalist (1929 - )
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  • Oscar Levant Once he makes up his mind, he's full of indecision. [On Dwight D. Eisenhower]
    Oscar Levant
    American Pianist, Actor (1906 - 1972)
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  • William Cowper Once more I would adopt the graver style - a teacher should be sparing of his smile.
    William Cowper
    English poet (1731 - 1800)
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  • Alfred Eisenstaedt Once the amateur's naive approach and humble willingness to learn fades away, the creative spirit of good photography dies with it. Every professional should remain always in his heart an amateur.
    Alfred Eisenstaedt
    German-born American photographer and photojournalist (1898 - 1995)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg Once the good man was dead, one wore his hat and another his sword as he had worn them, a third had himself barbered as he had, a fourth walked as he did, but the honest man that he was - nobody any longer wanted to be that.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Boman Irani One can understand a person by the way he removes his wallet and puts his hand to take out money.
    Boman Irani
    Indian actor (1959 - )
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  • Bryant H. McGill One column of truth cannot hold an institution of ideas from falling into ignorance. It is wiser that a person of prudence and purpose save his strength for battles that can be won.
    Bryant H. McGill
    American journalist and author (1969 - )
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  • Lewis Carroll One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. Which road do I take? she asked. Where do you want to go? was his response. I don't know, Alice answered. Then, said the cat, it doesn't matter.
    Lewis Carroll
    British Writer, Mathematician (1832 - 1898)
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  • Garrison Keillor One day Donald Trump will discover that he is owned by Lutheran Brotherhood and must re negotiate his debt load with a committee of silent Norwegians who don't understand why anyone would pay more than $120.00 for a suit.
    Garrison Keillor
    American humoristic writer (1942 - )
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  • Robert Bresson One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life.
    Robert Bresson
    French film director (1901 - 1999)
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  • Virginia Woolf One has to secrete a jelly in which to slip quotations down people's throats -and one always secretes too much jelly.
    Virginia Woolf
    English writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Aphra Behn One hour of right-down love is worth an age of dully living on.
    Aphra Behn
    English playwright, poet and translator (1640 - 1689)
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