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  • Buddha He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • Beth Ditto Here is my prescription to heal all wounds. Watch the film 'Funny Girl' at least five times, eat at least 45 chocolate bars, and hang out with all those friends you blew off to hang out with your ex. I truly believe that, through a combination of Nutella, old pals and Barbra Streisand, we can achieve happiness and, very probably, world peace.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • Joseph Conrad How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat?
    Joseph Conrad
    In Poland born English writer (1857 - 1924)
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  • Bill Hicks How much do you smoke a day sir? Pack! What a little puss. Gosh, why don't you just put a dress on and show it all to us while you smoke your little faggoty pack. C'mon, swish around for us. Damnit that pisses me off. I go through two lighters a day, dude. I'm starting to feel it.
    Sane Man
    Bill Hicks
    American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist and musician (1961 - 1994)
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  • Alexander Pope How often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Agnes Repplier Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.
    Agnes Repplier
    American writer and social criticus (1855 - 1950)
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  • Albert J. Nock I am said to be difficult of acquaintance, unwilling to meet any one half way, and showing a social manner which is easy, not diffident, but formal and unresponsive, tending constantly to hold people off.
    Albert J. Nock
    American libertarian author (1870 - 1945)
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  • Philip Roth I am the Raskolnikov of jerking off – the sticky evidence is everywhere!
    Portnoy's Complaint (1969)
    Philip Roth
    American Novelist (1933 - 2018)
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  • William Butler Yeats I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath, a waste of breath the years behind, in balance with this life, this death.
    William Butler Yeats
    Irish poet (1865 - 1939)
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  • Francois-Auguste Rodin I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.
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  • Auguste Rodin I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need. [when asked how he managed to make his remarkable statues.]
    Auguste Rodin
    French sculptor (1840 - 1917)
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard I created a fitness club with five friends. We have weekly check-ins and a reward system - and group penalties if one of us slacks off.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Bryan Ferry I don't do interviews at all when I'm on tour, so this time, on a day off, I'll do that kind of thing a little bit. I don't do big promotion schedules, not when I'm touring.
    Bryan Ferry
    English singer and songwriter (1945 - )
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  • Alex Trebek I don't gamble, because winning a hundred dollars doesn't give me great pleasure. But losing a hundred dollars pisses me off.
    Alex Trebek
    Canadian-American television personality and actor (1940 - )
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  • Bubba Smith I don't go to clubs and stuff like that, so I don't have to put up with it in there. And normally, because obviously I could hurt somebody, and if I look at it that way, I have to back off.
    Bubba Smith
    American professional football player (1945 - )
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  • Clare Boothe Luce I don't have a warm personal enemy left. They've all died off. I miss them terribly because they helped define me.
    Clare Boothe Luce
    American diplomat and writer (1903 - 1987)
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  • Busy Philipps I find it to be strange that people get obsessed about how fast actresses and celebrities are taking off their baby weight. I guess people like to look to them and feel better about themselves or feel worse about themselves.
    Busy Philipps
    American actress and writer (1979 - )
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  • John Cleese I got off lightly. Think what I’d have had to pay Alyce if she had contributed anything to the relationship - such as children, or a conversation.
    John Cleese
    English actor, comedian and producer (1939 - )
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  • Ace Frehley I had a feeling it was gonna work out because not only did I enjoy the music and hit it off with the guys, but I was into theatrical rock and was willing to wear makeup and do anything to make it.
    Ace Frehley
    American musician and songwriter (1951 - )
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  • Bruce Springsteen I had tried to go to college, and I didn't really fit in. I went to a real narrow-minded school where people gave me a lot of trouble, and I was hounded off the campus - I just looked different and acted different, so I left school.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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