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The true pioneer of civilization is not the newspaper, not religion, not the railroad - but whiskey!


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The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.



If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.



Never regret anything that made you smile.

Never regret anything that made you smile.



All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.



Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.



Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.

Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.



Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.



Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.



Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.



If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.

If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.





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Pray to whatever you believe in that they don't send the snakes.

Pray to whatever you believe in that they don't send the snakes.



That is what the past was, that which you could not get rid of. The past did not resemble the crumbs spilled over a rug. You could not shake them out from open windows.

That is what the past was, that which you could not get rid of. The past did not resemble the crumbs spilled over a rug. You could not shake them out from open windows.



Reversing the historical trajectory of human eating, for this meal the forest would be feeding us again.

Reversing the historical trajectory of human eating, for this meal the forest would be feeding us again.



Focus on the long term, and always do what's right to grow the company and not make short-term decisions. And outlast everyone one.

Focus on the long term, and always do what's right to grow the company and not make short-term decisions. And outlast everyone one.



As people spin faster and faster in the pursuit of merely personal happiness, they become exhausted in the futile effort of chasing themselves.

As people spin faster and faster in the pursuit of merely personal happiness, they become exhausted in the futile effort of chasing themselves.



I watch the energy between the actors. That's the most thrilling and interesting thing to me about watching a movie, what the actors are doing.

I watch the energy between the actors. That's the most thrilling and interesting thing to me about watching a movie, what the actors are doing.



I feel that one of the best things a person can do for another is to create a job. So you do OK commercially, and then you try to make a difference of some sort.

I feel that one of the best things a person can do for another is to create a job. So you do OK commercially, and then you try to make a difference of some sort.



From what may anyone be saved? Only from themselves! That is, their individual hell. They dig it with their own desires.

From what may anyone be saved? Only from themselves! That is, their individual hell. They dig it with their own desires.



Who here actually thinks I would do 50 Shades of Grey as a movie? Like really. For real. In real life.

Who here actually thinks I would do 50 Shades of Grey as a movie? Like really. For real. In real life.



Only for the sake of the hopeless ones have we been given hope.

Only for the sake of the hopeless ones have we been given hope.




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