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Fumbling for a word is everybody's birthright.


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Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.



We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.

We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.



The important thing is moral choice. Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate. Life is sustained by the grinding opposition of moral entities.

The important thing is moral choice. Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate. Life is sustained by the grinding opposition of moral entities.



It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where you come from is part of where you're going.

It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where you come from is part of where you're going.



...We're a government that believes in everybody having the illusion of free will.

...We're a government that believes in everybody having the illusion of free will.



To be left alone is the most precious thing one can ask of the modern world.

To be left alone is the most precious thing one can ask of the modern world.



I conclude that there is as much sense in nonsense as there is nonsense in sense.

I conclude that there is as much sense in nonsense as there is nonsense in sense.



Is it better for a man to have chosen evil than to have good imposed upon him?

Is it better for a man to have chosen evil than to have good imposed upon him?



Does God want goodness or the choice of goodness? Is a man who chooses to be bad perhaps in some way better than a man who has the good imposed upon him?

Does God want goodness or the choice of goodness? Is a man who chooses to be bad perhaps in some way better than a man who has the good imposed upon him?



Sanity is a handicap and liability if you're living in a mad world.

Sanity is a handicap and liability if you're living in a mad world.





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Don’t let the fact you haven’t done something before convince you that you can’t do it, or that it cannot be done perfectly the first time you try your hand at it.

Don’t let the fact you haven’t done something before convince you that you can’t do it, or that it cannot be done perfectly the first time you try your hand at it.



Steam is no stronger now than it was a hundred years ago but it is put to better use.

Steam is no stronger now than it was a hundred years ago but it is put to better use.



Rather than lose the public because television is here, wouldn't it be smart to adopt television as our instrument?

Rather than lose the public because television is here, wouldn't it be smart to adopt television as our instrument?



I like "As Long As You Love Me" and "Boyfriend" by Justin Bieber. It gets you moving - you just can't help it! And "Teach Me How to Dougie" gets Zendaya and I every time.

I like "As Long As You Love Me" and "Boyfriend" by Justin Bieber. It gets you moving - you just can't help it! And "Teach Me How to Dougie" gets Zendaya and I every time.



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He (Leo Durocher) had the ability of taking a bad situation and making it immediately worse.



Don't give up your life because balance is important, but when you're young you have energy, use it!

Don't give up your life because balance is important, but when you're young you have energy, use it!



Truth might be stranger than fiction, but it needs a better editor.

Truth might be stranger than fiction, but it needs a better editor.



I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.

I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.



The shadows didn't seem as dark as usual. Not with my personal sun along.

The shadows didn't seem as dark as usual. Not with my personal sun along.




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