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People who make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks. They amuse themselves and other children, but their little trick may upset a freight train of conversation for the sake of a battered witticism.
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People who work in factories or in the woods or maybe a dairy farm - for years, I've been fascinated with people like that. No pretensions. They just live their lives. I found them beautiful. They were all I seemed to be interested in writing about.
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People who work in specialized fields seem to have their own language. Practitioners develop a shorthand to communicate among themselves. The jargon can almost sound like a foreign language.
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People's hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them.
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People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties... they live like ants.
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People, like nails, lose their effectiveness when they lose direction and begin to bend.
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People, like sheep, tend to follow a leader - occasionally in the right direction.
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Perfect heroines, like perfect heroes, aren't relatable, and if you can't put yourself in the protagonist's shoes, not only will they not inspire you, but the book will be pretty boring.
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Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart.
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Perhaps believing in good design is like believing in God, it makes you an optimist.
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Perhaps violence, like pornography, is some kind of an evolutionary standby system, a last-resort device for throwing a wild joker into the game?
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Personally i'm always ready to learn, although i do not always like being taught.
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Personally, I don't like watching violence. I'd much rather see more skin.
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Personally, I wouldn't go anywhere important without my own favorite Hermès black bag... I have my jewelry with me in case something happens and I suddenly have to dress up. For me, going out without that purse would seem almost like going out naked. Well, almost.
Charlotte Chandler - It's Only a Movie: Alfred Hitchcock -
Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
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Philosophers call God ''the great unknown'' ''The great misknown'' is more like it!
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Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures.
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Physical pain however great ends in itself and falls away like dry husks from the mind, whilst moral discords and nervous horrors sear the soul.
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