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Common sense is the measure of the possible.


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Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.



There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.



Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.



Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.



Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.



In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past



In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.



Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.



Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.



You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.





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I don't think I could live without hair, makeup and styling, let alone be the performer I am. I am a glamour girl through and through. I believe in the glamorous life and I live one.

I don't think I could live without hair, makeup and styling, let alone be the performer I am. I am a glamour girl through and through. I believe in the glamorous life and I live one.



Since I'm the president and Democrats have controlled the House and the Senate, it's understandable that people are saying, you know, 'What have you done?'

Since I'm the president and Democrats have controlled the House and the Senate, it's understandable that people are saying, you know, 'What have you done?'



At about the age of ten, my friends and I discovered the joys of sitting in graveyards drinking merrydown cider and kissing and stealing our elder siblings' records.

At about the age of ten, my friends and I discovered the joys of sitting in graveyards drinking merrydown cider and kissing and stealing our elder siblings' records.



Contact lenses are for vain, weak-willed piglets who swan around showing off: 'Look everybody, I can see without spectacles. No one at first glance will ever assume I know how to surf the net.'

Contact lenses are for vain, weak-willed piglets who swan around showing off: 'Look everybody, I can see without spectacles. No one at first glance will ever assume I know how to surf the net.'



$5,000 means nothing to me! I did about $5,000 worth of damage to that nose of his!!

$5,000 means nothing to me! I did about $5,000 worth of damage to that nose of his!!



Is the Church fulfilling a purely religious role when by its silence or friendly relationships it lends legitimacy to dictatorial and oppressive government?

Is the Church fulfilling a purely religious role when by its silence or friendly relationships it lends legitimacy to dictatorial and oppressive government?



I love doing commercials! Usually, they have enough money that they can take time and photograph it well.

I love doing commercials! Usually, they have enough money that they can take time and photograph it well.



A university is a college with a stadium seating over 40,000.

A university is a college with a stadium seating over 40,000.



Don't get mad, get even.

Don't get mad, get even.




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