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‘‘I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.’’ – Eleanor Roosevelt. ‘‘A hypocrite is a person who – but who isn’t? – Don Marquis. ‘‘After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say ‘I want to see the manager’.’’ – William S Burroughs. ‘‘That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.’’ – Paul Valery. ‘‘The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it.’’ – Francois de La Rochefouca­uld. ‘‘The young have aspiration­s that never come to pass, the old have reminiscen­ces of what never happened.’’ – Saki. ‘‘I went to watch Little Mix and this tramp shouted out, ‘Oi, what a sexy, pregnant lady you are’. The fact is I got a compliment from a bloody tramp.’’ – Katie Price. ‘‘You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.’’ – Ray Bradbury. ‘‘The belief in a supernatur­al source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.’’ – Joseph Conrad. ‘‘Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.’’ – George Santayana. ‘‘My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I’m happy. I can’t figure it out. What am I doing right?’’ – Charles M Schulz. ‘‘Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.’’ – Josh Billings. ‘‘An incompeten­t attorney can delay a trial for months or years. A competent attorney can delay one even longer.’’ – Evelle J Younger. ‘‘I’m 30-years-old, but I read at the 34-year-old level.’’ – Dana Carvey. ‘‘Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.’’ – Bertolt Brecht. ‘‘Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committee meetings.’’ – Thomas Sowell. ‘‘I think the world is run by ‘C’ students. – Al McGuire. ‘‘It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day-today basis.’’ – Margaret Bonnano. ‘‘Sceptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense.’’ – Carl Sagan. ‘‘When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others.’’ – Bertrand Russell. ‘‘A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.’’ – George Bernard Shaw. ‘‘Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs.’’ – Christophe­r Hampton. ‘‘The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.’’ – Horace Walpole. ‘‘There are two ways to slide

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