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That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the
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History repeats itself; that's one of the things that's wrong with history.
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The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
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To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
-- Petrarch Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and
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Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
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Robert Frost (1874-1963) Travel and Tourism For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.
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-- Albert Einstein Travel and Tourism
"A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men." (Saadi) By working faithfully eight hours a day, you might eventually get to be a boss and work twelve
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-- Rodney Dangerfield My darling wife was always glum. I drowned her in a cask of rum, And so made sure that she would stay, In better spirits night and day. Democracy is the name we give the people whenever we need them.
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marriage, which is never advisable.
-- Oscar Wilde Travel and Tourism
Vote early and vote often.
- Al Capone Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.
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-- Dorothy Parker Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.
- Oscar Wilde There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.
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We trained hard - but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we were
reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing,
and Your life and my life flow into each other as wave flows into wave, and unless there is peace and
joy and freedom for you, there can be no real peace or joy or freedom for me. To see reality--not
as "The order of the world is always right - such is the judgment of God. For God has departed, but he has left his judgment behind, the way the Cheshire Cat left his grin." (Jean Baudrillard) This compact disc is made from analog masters recorded without noise reduction. Half the tracks,
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- Albert Giacometti (sculptor) Travel and Tourism Familiarity breeds contempt -- and children.
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He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
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