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Nothing is so awesomely unfamiliar as the familiar that discloses itself at the end of a journey.

A rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way.
At my lemonade stand I used to give the first glass away free and charge five dollars for the second glass. The refill contained the antidote.
The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
The summer night is like a perfection of thought.
Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.

A sympathetic Scot summed it all up very neatly in the remark, "You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing."
Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.
All things are difficult before they are easy.
Therefore search and see if there is not some place where you may invest your humanity.
The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.
Keep cool and you command everybody.
You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in.

I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's.

I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.
Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.
Sometimes love will pick you up by the short hairs...and jerk the heck out of you.
Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady.
A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away.
I wanted to flag you down because my friend was bleeding. Someone stabbed him."
Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

That's why we get books in libraries.

Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world.
The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.
We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex--but Congress can.
It's never just a game when you're winning.
Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.
He attacked everything in life with a mix of extrordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

Looks are part of business. A businessman should never stand out more than his customers. His mannerisms, his clothes, everything about him... Moderation is the key.
The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.
The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.
When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.
As I neared her, I bent to help her up, and was nearly knocked over her.

Deeds, not words shall speak me.

It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis.
Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author?
More movement, and the sense of bodies being shackled in alongside of me.
All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.
To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information within. With our own eyes we see, and with our own skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle it out for himself or herself.
The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.
It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted.

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Nothing is said that has not been said before.
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
Without the capacity to provide its own information, the mind drifts into randomness.
See things as they are and write about them. Don?t waste your creative energy trying to make things up. Even if you are writing fiction, write the things you see and know.
My mother loved children -- she would have given anything if I had been one.
The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out. Every mind is a building filled with archaic furniture. Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it.
For the most part, fear is nothing but an illusion. When you share it with someone else, it tends to disappear.

It will help you to know more about the history and life of different nations and countries.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep.
You can learn as much - or more - from one glance at a private space as you can from hours of exposure to a public face.
One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.
Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.
We need anything politically important rationed out like Pez: small, sweet, and coming out of a funny, plastic head.
Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.

Those, who prefer to stay at home may spend their free time, watching TV, listening to the radio.

If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.
Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.
Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.
Speak when you are angry--and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.
A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
Even the best of friends need time apart.
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.

It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing.

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.
God creates men, but they choose each other.
I heard Jolu respond, then felt the thump he was dealt, too.
Sitting in the back of that Hummer, my head in a hood, my hands lashed behind my back, lurching back and forth while the bruises swelled up on my head, terrorism suddenly felt a lot riskier.
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.

Ames and colleagues found a positive relationship between the frequency of being "hungover" at work and the frequency of feeling sick at work, sleeping on the job, and having problems with job tasks or co-workers.

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
There?s so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry.
It's never just a game when you're winning.
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

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