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Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone.

John Ciardi

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"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be."

Douglas Adams

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"Dreams that do come true can be as unsettling as those that don't."

Brett Butler

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I sent the club a wire stating, PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER.

Groucho Marx
US comedian with Marx Brothers (1890 - 1977)

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"The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will is to prevent harm to others."

John Stuart Mill

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The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891

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Biography lends to death a new terror.

Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

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"There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it."

Alfred Hitchcock

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Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together....

Carl Zwanzig

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"Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose."

Dwight D. Eisenhower