Things are always darkest just before they go pitch black.

—Kelly Robinson

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About Kelly Robinson

James Peter "Kelly" Robinson (1876 – 26 November 1943) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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What a pity, when Christopher Colombus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.

—Margot Asquith

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A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.

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It is bad luck to be superstitious.

—Andrew W. Mathis

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I look at the politics of this country as a game that is played on the people, this illusion of choice. It's interesting that the important things have been reduced in number: oil companies, communications, pharmaceuticals, insurance, banking, accounting, all these firms have been merged and reduced. The choices are very limited. But if you want a bagel, we've got twenty-six flavors. There are four hundred kinds of mustard in this country. These are the illusions of choice. I don't really think choice is here to any substantive degree.

—George Carlin

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A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

—George Bernard Shaw

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