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A friend is a gift you give yourself.
-- Robert Louis Stevenson I'm not indecisive. Am I indecisive?
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- Bertrand Russell
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A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
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Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
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They were doing a full back shot of me in a swimsuit and I thought, Oh my God, I have to be so
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I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't
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-- George Bernard Shaw The greatest homage to truth is to use it.
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-- Albert Einstein Colleges and Universities
A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.
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Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
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? In time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its
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I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
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