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Blessed the geniuses who know / that egomania is not a duty.


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As for butterflies, I can hardly conceive of one's attending upon you; but to question the congruence of the complement is vain, if it exists.

As for butterflies, I can hardly conceive of one's attending upon you; but to question the congruence of the complement is vain, if it exists.



Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.



Your thorns are the best part of you.

Your thorns are the best part of you.



Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.




Camels are snobbish and sheep, unintelligent; water buffaloes, neurasthenic-- even murderous. Reindeer seem over-serious.

Camels are snobbish and sheep, unintelligent; water buffaloes, neurasthenic-- even murderous. Reindeer seem over-serious.



Omissions are not accidents.

Omissions are not accidents.



The hands are the heart's messengers.

The hands are the heart's messengers.



The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.



When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser.

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser.





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Many physicists these days sound like the Delphic oracle - with equations.



The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it... It's a great outlet. I'm not really sure who I am - it seems I change every day.

The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it... It's a great outlet. I'm not really sure who I am - it seems I change every day.



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Comfort rules. You want to be able to sit in a good chair comfortably for a few hours and be able to talk and enjoy a glass of wine. There's nothing worse than sitting in an uncomfortable chair.



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Pay per click was just the beginning. The real evolution is pay per action.



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Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.



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So the unwanting soul sees what's hidden, and the ever-wanting soul sees only what it wants.



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We basically created a computational unit out of two brains.



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Abortion ... interferes with God's plan-a plan He willed before He created the universe.




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