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The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal consistency of the women who
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-- George Bernard Shaw I know nothing about sex, because I was always married.
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-- Mae West It is a product of Einstein's genius -- taking a commonplace observation, combining it with some
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He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.
-- Confucius Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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- Abraham Lincoln Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
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I'm worried that the universe will soon need replacing. It's not holding a charge.
-- Edward Chilton Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way
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- Plato When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of
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- George Washington Carver We had a lot in common. I loved him and he loved him.
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Marry not a tennis player. For love means nothing to them. They have come up with a perfect understanding. He won't try to run her life, and he won't try to
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-- Walter Savage Landor Marriage isn't a word... it's a sentence.
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-- Thomas Carlyle He who dies a thousand deaths meets the final hour with the calmness of one who approaches a
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I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me
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- Sir Winston Churchill The executive exists to make sensible exceptions to general rules.
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We had a lot in common. I loved him and he loved him.
-- Shelley Winters See what will happen if you don't stop biting your fingernails?
-- Will Rogers, to his niece on seeing the Venus de Milo I shall return.
-- General Douglas MacArthur Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently.
-- Chinese Proverb Consequences, schmonsequences, as long as I'm rich!
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Where there is an unknowable there is a promise.
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This novel is not to be tossed lightly aside, but hurled with great force.
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outward behavior.
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-- Lyle Lovett, musician, upon marying actress Julia Roberts, It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.
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