Quotes with not-so-funny

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  • Machiavelli A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may be compelled by necessity.
    Machiavelli
    Florentine state philosopher (1469 - 1527)
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  • David Seabury A wise unselfishness is not a surrender of yourself to the wishes of anyone, but only to the best discoverable course of action.
    David Seabury
    American psychologist, author, and lecturer (1885 - 1960)
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  • Alice Stone Blackwell A woman finds the natural lay of the land almost unconsciously; and not feeling it incumbent on her to be guide and philosopher to any successor, she takes little pains to mark the route by which she is making her ascent.
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  • Abraham Lincoln A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Marcel Proust A woman one loves rarely suffices for all our needs, so we deceive her with another whom we do not love.
    Marcel Proust
    French writer and critic (1871 - 1922)
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  • Barbara Cartland A woman should say: "Have I made him happy? Is he satisfied? Does he love me more than he loved me before? Is he likely to go to bed with another woman?" If he does, then it's the wife's fault because she is not trying to make him happy.
    Barbara Cartland
    English author of romance novels (1901 - 2000)
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  • Barbara Cartland A woman should say: 'Have I made him happy? Is he satisfied? Does he love me more than he loved me before? Is he likely to go to bed with another woman?' If he does, then it's the wife's fault because she is not trying to make him happy.
    Barbara Cartland
    English author of romance novels (1901 - 2000)
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  • Anthony Trollope A woman's life is not perfect or whole till she has added herself to a husband. Nor is a man's life perfect or whole till he has added to himself a wife.
    Anthony Trollope
    British writer (1815 - 1882)
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  • John Gray A women under stress is not immediately concerned with finding solutions to her problems but rather seeks relief by expressing herself and being understood.
    John Gray
    American relationship counselor, lecturer and author (1948 - )
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  • Gaston Bachelard A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the pen which dreams. The blank page gives the right to dream.
    Gaston Bachelard
    French scientist and philosopher (1884 - 1962)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • James Thurber A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.
    James Thurber
    American cartoonist (1894 - 1961)
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  • Jean François Lyotard A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus understood is not modernism at its end but in the nascent state, and this state is constant.
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  • Bill Bryson A world without newspapers or a world where the newspapers are purely electronic and you read them on a screen is not a very appealing world.
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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  • Anton Chekhov A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer. He is a man who has signed a contract with his conscious and his sense of duty.
    Anton Chekhov
    Russian playwright and short story writer
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  • Jane Harrison A young and vital child knows no limit to his own will, and it is the only reality to him. It is not that he wants at the outset to fight other wills, but that they simply do not exist for him. Like the artist, he goes forth to the work of creation, gloriously alone.
    Jane Harrison
    British classical scholar and linguist
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  • John F. Kennedy A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Alan Thicke About 100 things that your kid will do that will surprise you and break your heart and it will be a combination of fact based therapy, medically advised kinds of passages accompanied by celebrity anecdotes and just some funny stuff to lighten the load.
    Alan Thicke
    Canadian actor and songwriter (1947 - 2016)
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  • Alan Thicke About 100 things that your kid will do that will surprise you and break your heart and it will be a combination of fact based therapy, medically advised kinds of passages accompanied by celebrity anecdotes and just some funny stuff to lighten the load.
    Alan Thicke
    Canadian actor, songwriter, comedian, writer and television host (1947 - 2016)
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  • Ronald Reagan Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.
    Ronald Reagan
    American politician and actor (1911 - 2004)
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