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  • Oliver Goldsmith He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, for he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • James Joyce He comes into the world God knows how, walks on the water, gets out of his grave and goes up off the Hill of Howth. What drivel is this?
    James Joyce
    Irish writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Charles Lamb He has left off reading altogether, to the great improvement of his originality.
    Charles Lamb
    English essayist (1775 - 1834)
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  • Horace He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • William Shakespeare He that cuts off twenty years of life cuts off so many years of fearing death.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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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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  • Fawn M. Brodie Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain.
    Fawn M. Brodie
    American historian and biographer (1915 - 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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  • Derek Wall How to be green? Many people have asked us this important question. It's really very simple and requires no expert knowledge or complex skills. Here's the answer. Consume less. Share more. Enjoy life.
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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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  • 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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