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The best style is the style you don't notice.


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Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.



We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.



To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.



It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.



If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.



The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.



The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.



It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.

It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.



The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.



Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.





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I don't like acting things; I like feeling things.



Licking Falls, Ohio, had its own set of standards. They were archaic at best.

Licking Falls, Ohio, had its own set of standards. They were archaic at best.



Reducing health costs and increasing access to health care are worthy goals that every Member of Congress should support.

Reducing health costs and increasing access to health care are worthy goals that every Member of Congress should support.



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Getting along with the gang in one place is not any harder than getting along in another. It depends about 98 percent on your own behavior.

Getting along with the gang in one place is not any harder than getting along in another. It depends about 98 percent on your own behavior.



Fools you are. To say you learn by your experience. I prefer to profit by others' mistakes and avoid the price of my own.

Fools you are. To say you learn by your experience. I prefer to profit by others' mistakes and avoid the price of my own.



Every failure made me more confident. Because I wanted even more to achieve as revenge, to show that I could.

Every failure made me more confident. Because I wanted even more to achieve as revenge, to show that I could.



I think shows that have more of a narrative and are about what's going to happen next, those need to wrap up as a complete story. But it's weird when a goofy comedy show needs to end.

I think shows that have more of a narrative and are about what's going to happen next, those need to wrap up as a complete story. But it's weird when a goofy comedy show needs to end.




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