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  • Brendan Behan A general and a bit of shooting makes you forget your troubles... it takes your mind off the cost of living.
    Brendan Behan
    Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright (1923 - 1964)
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  • Lou Holtz Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
    Lou Holtz
    American football coach (1937 - 1980)
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  • Henry David Thoreau Absolutely speaking, Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you is by no means a golden rule, but the best of current silver. An honest man would have but little occasion for it. It is golden not to have any rule at all in such a case.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • William S. Burroughs Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an old boot for that matter. In fact, both homo - and heterosexual experimental subjects have been conditioned to react sexually to an old boot, and you can save a lot of money that way.
    William S. Burroughs
    American writer and artist (1914 - 1997)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line. Many a man had taken the first step. With every additional step you enhance immensely the value of your first.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne All the fame you should look for in life is to have lived it quietly.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Herb Shriner All you need to be a fisherman is patience and a worm.
    Herb Shriner
     
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  • Josh Billings Always live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Pablo Picasso An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought.
    Pablo Picasso
    Spanish painter, draftsman and sculptor (1881 - 1973)
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  • Bill Hader As far as post-'SNL' career, whatever kind of comes my way that looks interesting, I'll do it, you know?
    Bill Hader
    American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director (1978 - )
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  • Andrea Dworkin As long as there is rape... there is not going to be any peace or justice or equality or freedom. You are not going to become what you want to become or who you want to become. You are not going to live in the world you want to live in.
    Andrea Dworkin
    American radical feminist and writer (1946 - 2005)
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value to you than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • William Shakespeare Assume a virtue if you have it not.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Backbite. To ''speak of a man as you find him'' when he can't find you.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Thomas Alva Edison Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!
    Thomas Alva Edison
    American inventor and founder of General Electric (1847 - 1931)
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  • William Shakespeare Be great in act, as you have been in thought.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Alfred E. Smith Be simple in words, manners, and gestures. Amuse as well as instruct. If you can make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believe you.
    Alfred E. Smith
    American politician (1873 - 1944)
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  • Thomas Fuller Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.
    Thomas Fuller
    English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi Be the change you want to see in the world.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagant to break the monotony of a decorous age.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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