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Half never voted for President.
One hopes it is the same half.
-- Gore Vidal "People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say." (Kurt Vonnegut) No matter who you vote for, the Government always gets in.
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-- Zsa Zsa Gabor Thought is action in rehearsal.
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Nature gave men two ends - one to sit on and one to think with. Ever since then man's success or
failure has been dependent on the one he used most.
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I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
-- Albert Einstein Use your own best judgment at all times.
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The person who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.
-- Jean-Jacques Rousseau A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.
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If you don't know how to do something, you don't know how to do it with a computer.
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-- G. K. Chesterton Financial Services
If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.
-- Virginia Woolf The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue.
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