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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld Why is our memory good enough to recall to the last detail things that have happened to us, yet not good enough to recall how often we have told them to the same person.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Samuel Goldwyn Why should people pay good money to go out and see bad films when they can stay home and see bad television for nothing?
    Samuel Goldwyn
    American producer (1882 - 1974)
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  • Ben Folds Why would I want to sound like Joni Mitchell? I've got Joni Mitchell records, and they're great, and I couldn't possibly be that good.
    Ben Folds
    American singer-songwriter, musician and composer (1966 - )
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  • Aristotle Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Oscar Wilde Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of others.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Anthony Collins Willing or preferring is the same with respect to good and evil, that judging is with respect to truth or falsehood.
    Anthony Collins
    English philosopher (1676 - 1729)
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  • Jean Claude Killy Winning tastes good.
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  • Abigail Van Buren Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
    Abigail Van Buren
    American advice columnist and radio show host (1918 - 2013)
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  • John Cheever Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil - not the strength to choose between the two.
    John Cheever
    American writer (1912 - 1982)
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  • Eric Hoffer Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Lord Chesterfield Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share of it in another.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Billy Koch With a fresh start, I hope it'll work out good. I know the whole Fox story and how he came over here and had a great year for them. I'm hoping that's what it'll be - fresh start, new faces, new team, new city. I'm looking forward to getting out there.
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  • Beth Ditto With a stretch belt, anything can be a dress - a dinner napkin, a tablecloth, even a towel. Just wrap and snap, and away you go in an incredible outfit. Another plus is that the belt will pull all eyes to your lovely curves, and they even look good around a coat or a jacket.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • Adam Osborne With bundled machines you can throw away the hardware and keep the software, and it's still a good buy.
    Adam Osborne
    British-American author and publisher (1939 - 2003)
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  • David Lloyd George With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation.
    David Lloyd George
    Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922 (1863 - 1945)
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W. Bruce Cameron With my book 'How to Remodel a Man,' I was on Oprah, Fox News, the Early Show, and Good Morning America. Oprah was the best - an hour long segment. TV is so short; you answer a few questions, and then it's over. It feels like a hit-and-run with a camera.
    W. Bruce Cameron
    American writer and columnist (1960 - )
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  • Ben Kingsley With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise to do.
    Ben Kingsley
    English actor (1943 - )
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  • Steven Weinberg With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
    Steven Weinberg
    American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics (1933 - 2021)
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