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A man's reach should exeed his grasp, or else what's a heaven for?
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My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me!
-- Henry Ford Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life.
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- George Eliot Arts and Entertainment
We have children because we want immortality and this is the most reliable way of getting it.
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-- Mae West Good-bye. I am leaving because I am bored.
-- George Saunders - last words Arts and Entertainment
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My Alma mater was books, a good library . . . . I could spend the rest of my life reading, just
satisfying my curiosity.
--Malcolm X People only see what they are prepared to see.
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-- Jack Welch All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it
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- Arthur Schopenhauer Arts and Entertainment
Truth is more of a stranger than fiction.
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-- Herbert Spencer If God does not exist, then everything is permitted.
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It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it.
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