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  • Willa Cather There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.
    Willa Cather
    American author (1873 - 1947)
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  • Antisthenes There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly.
    Antisthenes
    Greek philosopher (445 - 365)
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  • W. C. Fields There are only two real ways to get ahead today - sell liquor or drink it.
    W. C. Fields
    American Actor (1880 - 1946)
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  • Charles Dickens There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Boris Vian There are only two things: love, all sorts of love, with pretty girls, and the music of New Orleans or Duke Ellington. Everything else ought to go, because everything else is ugly.
    Boris Vian
    French writer, poet and engineer (1920 - 1959)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère There are only two ways of getting on in the world: by one's own industry, or by the stupidity of others.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Thomas Sowell There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously.
    Thomas Sowell
    American economist, social theorist and political philosopher (1930 - )
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  • Albert Einstein There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Abe Lemons There are really only two plays: Romeo and Juliet, and put the darn ball in the basket.
    Abe Lemons
    American basketball player and coach (1922 - 2002)
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  • Barbara Park There are those who believe that the value of a children's book can be measured only in terms of the moral lessons it tries to impose or the perfect role models it offers. Personally, I happen to think that a book is of extraordinary value if it gives the reader nothing more than a smile or two. In fact, I happen to think that's huge.
    Barbara Park
    American author of children's books (1947 - 2013)
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  • Ben Zobrist There are times when your mind isn't ready to go but your body is, and times when your body is ready to go but your mind isn't. You try to get the two in sync as much as possible.
    Ben Zobrist
    American professional baseball player (1981 - )
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  • Leo Buscaglia There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness and pain. What really matters is the internal force. How do I respond to those disasters? Over that I have complete control.
    Leo Buscaglia
    American author and motivational speaker (1924 - 1998)
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  • Dave Barry There are two distinctive classes of people today, those who have personal computers, and those who have several thousand extra dollars apiece.
    Dave Barry
    American humorist, writer
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  • John Adams There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.
    John Adams
    President of the USA (2nd) (1735 - 1826)
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  • Henry Ford There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow accumulate real power, and the other is the penniless reformer who thinks that if only he can take the money from one class and give it to another, all the world's ills will be cured.
    Henry Ford
    American industrialist (1863 - 1947)
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  • Charles Kingsley There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought.
    Charles Kingsley
    British writer (1819 - 1875)
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  • Sir Thomas Beecham There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.
    Sir Thomas Beecham
    English conductor and impresario (1879 - 1961)
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  • Henry van Dyke There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart; never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true; and never to tell that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening while you tell it.
    Henry van Dyke
    American Protestant Clergyman and Writer (1852 - 1933)
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  • William Somerset Maugham There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Brad Feld There are two great fictional TV series about technology and the computer industry that each have now had three seasons. The one everyone knows about is 'Silicon Valley.' The lesser-known one is 'Halt and Catch Fire.'
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
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