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  • Anatole France The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.
    Anatole France
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1921) (1844 - 1924)
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  • Calvin Trillin The average trade book has a shelf life of between milk and yogurt, except for books by any member of the Irving Wallace family - they have preservatives.
    Calvin Trillin
    American journalist, humorist, food writer and poet (1935 - )
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  • Buzz Osborne The band that changed my life was The Who. It's hard to pick just one album, but if I had to pick the one that really showed me how things could be done, it's 'The Who Sell Out.' They really went to town on that, doing something that no one had ever done before.
    Buzz Osborne
    American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter (1964 - )
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  • Bryan Magee The basic drive behind real philosophy is curiosity about the world, not interest in the writings of philosophers.
    Bryan Magee
    British philosopher, broadcaster, politician (1930 - 2019)
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  • Samuel Smiles The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved.
    Samuel Smiles
    Scottish writer (1812 - 1904)
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  • George Harrison The Beatles exist apart from my Self. I am not really Beatle George. Beatle George is like a suit or shirt that I once wore on occasion and until the end of my life people may see that shirt and mistake it for me.
    George Harrison
    English musician, singer and songwriter (1943 - 2001)
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  • Jean Paul Getty The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor.
    Jean Paul Getty
    American-born British industrialist, founder of Getty Oil Company (1892 - 1976)
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  • George Eliot The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • William James The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Bob Moawad The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.
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  • Carl Lewis The best kids are going to become the best. But the best thing about it is that you're going to learn lessons in playing those sports about winning and losing and teamwork and teammates and arguments and everything else that are going to affect you positively for the rest of your life.
    Carl Lewis
    American athlete (1961 - )
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  • Barbara Corcoran The best mistake I ever made was believing that I was stupid. It was a childhood thing, but it played out big-time as an adult. It scorned me the rest of my life - in a good way.
    Barbara Corcoran
    American businesswoman, investor, speaker and consultant (1949 - )
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  • Thornton Wilder The best part of married life is the fights. The rests is merely so.
    Thornton Wilder
    American writer and playwright (1897 - 1975)
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel The best path through life is the highway.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • William Wordsworth The best portion of a good man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
    William Wordsworth
    English poet (1770 - 1850)
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  • Jeremy Taylor The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.
    Jeremy Taylor
    British churchman and writer (1613 - 1667)
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  • John Ruskin The best thing in life aren't things.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Dorothy Day The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.
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  • Art Buchwald The best things in life aren't things.
    Art Buchwald
    American humorist (1925 - 2007)
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  • Albert Ellis The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.
    Albert Ellis
    American psychologist (1913 - 2007)
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