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-- Bertrand Russell A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
-- George Santayana Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.
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-- Jean Jacques Rousseau "Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh." (George Bernard Shaw) The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or
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-- George Santayana News and Media
Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education
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It is a product of Einstein's genius -- taking a commonplace observation, combining it with some
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-- Anonymous A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.
-- George Bernard Shaw To realize that you do not understand is a virtue;
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-- Abraham Lincoln News and Media
He who limps is still walking.
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-- Oscar Wilde News and Media
I have been attacked by Rush Limbaugh on the air, an experience somewhat akin to being
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-- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.
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-- Adlai Stevenson News and Media
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are
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Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.
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A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
-- Buke Ellington An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets the more interested
he is in her.
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cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.
-- Tom Robbins News and Media A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water.
-- Sidney Goff There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators.
-- Will Rogers If people turn to look at you on the street, you are not well dressed.
-- Beau Brummel News and Media
Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth.
-- John Lyly Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't think.
-- Anon. Don't trust anyone over 30 who used to say "Don't trust anyone over 30."
-- Anonymous If ever two were one, then surely we.
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