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There is a woman at the beginning of all great things.

—Alphonse de Lamartine

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We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others.

—Blaise Pascal

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Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.

—Quentin Crisp

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Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.

—Soren Kierkegaard

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It would not be possible to praise nurses too highly.

—Stephen Ambrose

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The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.

—David Russell

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Sometimes people are layered like that. There's something totally different underneath than what's on the surface. But sometimes, there's a third, even deeper level, and that one is the same as the top surface one. Like with pie.

—Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jed Whedon

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Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original and the part that is original is not good.

—Samuel Johnson

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It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true.

—Bertrand Russell

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You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.

—Olin Miller

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It's a lot like nature. You only have as many animals as the ecosystem can support and you only have as many friends as you can tolerate the bitching of.

—Randy K. Milholland

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I'm a jerk to everyone. Best way to protect yourself from lawsuits.

—David Hoselton

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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.

—Slovenian Proverb

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His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy.

—Woody Allen

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The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.

—Robert Frost

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