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  • Alexander Pope A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Francis Bacon A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, But depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Albert Szent-Gyorgyi A living cell requires energy not only for all its functions, but also for the maintenance of its structure.
    Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
    Hungarian physician and Nobel Prize winner in Medicine (1893 - 1986)
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  • Herbert Spencer A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it.
    Herbert Spencer
    British Philosopher (1820 - 1903)
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  • John Cheever A lonely man is a lonesome thing, a stone, a bone, a stick, a receptacle for Gilbey's gin, a stooped figure sitting at the edge of a hotel bed, heaving copious sighs like the autumn wind.
    John Cheever
    American writer (1912 - 1982)
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  • Allan Carr A lot of comedians, when they have a bad gig, will blame everything but themselves. They'll blame the crowd, or the room was wrong, it had a weird vibe, or the promoter promoted a weird atmosphere.
    Allan Carr
    American theater producer and manager (1937 - 1999)
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  • Carly Craig A lot of female comedians will go up there in a sweatshirt and Converses, trying to dress themselves down, because it is sort of a boy's club. I'll go up in my heels. I like that people don't think I'll be funny. I'll take that on. I don't do standup comedy - I do standup and I do comedy, but I don't go up there and do jokes.
    Carly Craig
    American actress (1980 - )
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  • Cate Blanchett A lot of people are frightened by old age - by being around people who are, basically, on their way out - but I'm fascinated by it. It's an amazing thing to be around someone who has had a life well lived.
    Cate Blanchett
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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  • Bob Dylan A lot of people can't stand touring but to me it's like breathing. I do it because I'm driven to do it.
    Bob Dylan
    American musician (1941 - )
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  • Bob Dylan A lot of people don't have much food on their table
    But they got a lot of forks and knives
    And they gotta cut something
    Bob Dylan (1962)
    Bob Dylan
    American musician (1941 - )
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  • Boy George A lot of people felt I was getting work because I was Boy George. My response at the time was that there's a lot of DJs making records, they're not all making good records, but they have the right to do that.
    Boy George
    English singer, songwriter, DJ, fashion designer and actor (1961 - )
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  • Caroline Leavitt A lot of people hurl themselves into relationships to lose themselves, but I think the best relationships help us to be more ourselves, to bring forth our best selves.
    Caroline Leavitt
    American novelist
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  • Bette Midler A lot of people say that my life is wasted on me because I could be a bigger asshole than I am, but I've chosen not to be.
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    Bette Midler
    American singer, songwriter, actress and comedian (1945 - )
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  • Andy Hertzfeld A lot of people thought Steve Jobs was a CEO of Apple but he never was until he came back to Apple in 1997.
    Andy Hertzfeld
    American software engineer and innovator (1953 - )
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  • Butch Trucks A lot of the cities where we have a strong following, we don't even get to every year anymore. But Stony Brook was a place that, from the very first time we went, the chemistry was right. They loved us, and we loved them, and we just kept going back and going back.
    Butch Trucks
    American musician (1947 - 2017)
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  • Calista Flockhart A lot of the tabloid stories are written so well, they're very clever and very funny. But you have to focus on what's really important and not read them - don't dive into it and don't get caught up in it.
    Calista Flockhart
    American actress (1964 - )
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  • Brantley Gilbert A lot of things in my life changed, but I'm still a party animal. I'm leading the pack.
    Brantley Gilbert
    American country music singer, songwriter (1985 - )
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  • Brody Jenner A lot of times, I'm traveling or have appointments, so I don't get to work out every day, but I try to get to the gym as much as I can.
    Brody Jenner
    American television personality, disc jockey and model (1983 - )
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  • Garrison Keillor A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.
    Garrison Keillor
    American humoristic writer (1942 - )
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  • Beryl Markham A man can be riddled with malaria for years on end, with its chills and its fevers and its nightmares, but if one day he sees that the water from his kidneys is black, he knows he will not leave that place again, wherever he is, or wherever he hoped to be.
    Beryl Markham
    English-born Kenyan aviator, racehorse trainer and author (1902 - 1986)
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