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Human beings cling to their delicious tyrannies and to their exquisite nonsense, till death stares them in the face.


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Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.



If you want to improve your understanding, drink coffee.

If you want to improve your understanding, drink coffee.



Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.



Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.

Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.



Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea! How did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea.

Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea! How did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea.



The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.



A man who wishes to make his way in life could do no better than go through the world with a boiling tea-kettle in his hand.

A man who wishes to make his way in life could do no better than go through the world with a boiling tea-kettle in his hand.



You find people ready enough to do the Samaritan, without the oil and twopence.

You find people ready enough to do the Samaritan, without the oil and twopence.



A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.

A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.



In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style.

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style.





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The magic had started to degrade, and Rosemary had slowly but surely become thoroughly, gruesomely human. And there were few things worse in this world than humans.



God! His grace is always strong enough to pick me up" - Gavhi Theron.P

God! His grace is always strong enough to pick me up" - Gavhi Theron.P




If the opportunity comes about that's right and it can be a smooth thing, yeah sure. But for the moment, I'm concentrating on my own stuff.

If the opportunity comes about that's right and it can be a smooth thing, yeah sure. But for the moment, I'm concentrating on my own stuff.



To hate and to fear is to be psychologically ill. It is in fact the consuming illness of our time.

To hate and to fear is to be psychologically ill. It is in fact the consuming illness of our time.



When I saw Wonder Woman being constantly put in positions where she'd get tied up with her own rope, or held hostage, even as a kid, my reaction was 'C'mon, she's too smart for that.'

When I saw Wonder Woman being constantly put in positions where she'd get tied up with her own rope, or held hostage, even as a kid, my reaction was 'C'mon, she's too smart for that.'



I kept writing all these ballads; they're me speaking about life. But how am I gonna do the live show I wanna do if I don't have something I can dance to?

I kept writing all these ballads; they're me speaking about life. But how am I gonna do the live show I wanna do if I don't have something I can dance to?



In man, at least, satisfaction is commonly followed by boredom.

In man, at least, satisfaction is commonly followed by boredom.



I'm too intellectual. I don't think that the theological vocabulary is as important as the experience.

I'm too intellectual. I don't think that the theological vocabulary is as important as the experience.




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