Quotes with not-so-fun

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  • Logan Pearsall Smith Then I though of reading - the nice and subtle happiness of reading ... this joy not dulled by age, this polite and unpunishable vice, this selfish, serene, lifelong intoxication.
    Logan Pearsall Smith
    English writer (1865 - 1946)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Burton Richter Theorists can create all sorts of theories which go beyond the Standard Model. But there's not one bit of experimental evidence to point out which way you should go.
    Burton Richter
    American physicist (1931 - 2018)
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  • Elmore Leonard There are 500 million people on Facebook, but what are they saying to each other? Not much.
    Elmore Leonard
    American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (1925 - 2013)
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  • A. Whitney Brown There are a billion people in China. It's not easy to be an individual in a crowd of more than a billion people. Think of it. More than a BILLION people. That means even if you're a one-in-a-million type of guy, there are still a thousand guys exactly like you.
    The Big Picture: An American Commentary (1991)
    A. Whitney Brown
    American writer and comedian (1952 - )
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  • Ben Carson There are a group of people who would like to silence everybody and have everybody go along to get along, but that's not going to be very helpful for us in the long run, in terms of solving our problems. And somebody has to be courageous enough to actually stand up to, you know, the bullies.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • Billie Joe Armstrong There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what it's all about. It's a lifestyle. It's not about popularity and all that crap.
    Billie Joe Armstrong
    American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor (1972 - )
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  • Ben Rattray There are a lot of complaints by the older generation about the lack of action in this generation. My retort: give these people something to be engaged in. Cutting a check is not engaging.
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  • Calvin Klein There are a lot of gay people in fashion, but it's not as if every gay person is a great creator.
    Calvin Klein
    American fashion designer (1942 - )
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  • William Makepeace Thackeray There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.
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  • Bryant H. McGill There are amazingly wonderful people in all walks of life; some familiar to us and others not. Stretch yourself and really get to know people. People are in many ways one of our greatest treasures.
    Bryant H. McGill
    American journalist and author (1969 - )
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  • Bob Brown There are better alternatives... Australia should be exporting its solar technology, not its uranium.
    Bob Brown
    Australian politician, medical doctor and environmentalist (1944 - )
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  • Cate Blanchett There are certain things in ancient practices that are not worth adhering to.
    Cate Blanchett
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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  • Jane Austen There are certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are of pretty woman to deserve them.
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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  • Carol Shields There are chapters in every life which are seldom read and certainly not aloud.
    De stenen dagboeken (2008) 82
    Carol Shields
    American-born Canadian novelist (1935 - 2003)
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  • Victor Hugo There are fathers who do not love their children, but there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.
    Victor Hugo
    French writer (1802 - 1885)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld There are few good women who do not tire of their role.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Samuel Johnson There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Plato There are few people so stubborn in their atheism who when danger is pressing in will not acknowledge the divine power.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Alexander Chase There are few successful adults who were not first successful children.
    Alexander Chase
    American journalist and editor (1926 - )
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