Quotes with not-so-funny

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  • Elizabeth Ashley Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood.
    Elizabeth Ashley
    American actress of theatre, film, and television (1939 - )
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  • William Cowper Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
    William Cowper
    English poet (1731 - 1800)
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  • Michael Crichton Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
    Michael Crichton
    American author of science fiction books and film screenplays (1942 - 2008)
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  • Alan Cohen Abundance is not a situation- it is an attitude.
    Alan Cohen
    American businessman (1954 - )
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  • Wayne Dyer Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.
    Wayne Dyer
    American philosopher, self-help author, and a motivational speaker. (1940 - 2015)
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  • Abraham Joshua Heschel Acceptance is appreciation, and the high value of appreciation is such that to appreciate appreciation seems to be the fundamental prerequisite for survival. Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
    Who Is Man? (1965)
    Abraham Joshua Heschel
    Polish-American rabbi (1907 - 1972)
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  • Albert Ellis Acceptance is not love. You love a person because he or she has lovable traits, but you accept everybody just because they're alive and human.
    Albert Ellis
    American psychologist (1913 - 2007)
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  • Caitlin Doughty Accepting your own mortality is like eating your vegetables: You may not want to do it, but it's good for you.
    Caitlin Doughty
    American author, blogger (1984 - )
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  • Charles Dickens Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families; and in families not regulated by that pervading influence which sanctifies while it enhances... in short, by the influence of Woman, in the lofty character of Wife, they may be expected with confidence, and must be borne with philosophy.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Allen Tate According to its doctors, my one intransigent desire is to have been a Confederate general, and because I could not or would not become anything else, I set up for poet and beg an to invent fictions about the personal ambitions that my society has no use for.
    Allen Tate
    American poet and essayist (1899 - 1979)
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  • Joan Collins According to my sister, the expert novelist Jackie Collins, most men stray. And sex doesn't mean anything to most men. But I wouldn't date a man who slept around. Absolutely not. I've divorced people for that.
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  • Ayn Rand Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.
    Ayn Rand
    Russian Writer, Philosopher (1905 - 1982)
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  • Ayn Rand Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.
    Ayn Rand
    Russian Writer, Philosopher (1905 - 1982)
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  • Ben Bernanke Achieving price stability is not only important in itself, it is also central to attaining the Federal Reserve's other mandate objectives of maximum sustainable employment and moderate long-term interest rates.
    Ben Bernanke
    American economist (1953 - )
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  • Ambrose Bierce Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Barry Eichengreen Across the continent, political divisions are deepening. For all of these reasons, the specter of a euro zone collapse has not been dispatched.
    Barry Eichengreen
    American economist
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Act, if you like, but you do it at your peril. Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Jeanne Moreau Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself.
    Jeanne Moreau
    French actress (1928 - 2017)
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  • Glenda Jackson Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant.
    Glenda Jackson
    British actress and politician (1936 - 2023)
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  • Kate Reid Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion.
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