Stephan Pastis Quotes
		
	
	
		
	
	
	
		Repeats are the absolute soul-crushing killers of the comics page.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
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		I came home from school one day, and there was a phone call for me. And I picked up the phone. They said, 'This is the Harvard Admissions Department. We'd like to let you know that you're accepted in the freshman class.' And I said, 'Come on, who is this really?`
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Ben Bernanke
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		When I receive a new novel from a hopeful publisher - "hoping that I like the book as much as he does" - I check first of all how much dialog there is, and if it looks too abundant or too sustained, I shut the book with a bang.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Vladimir Nabokov
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		If music became extinct now, I dont know what Id be good for.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Tommy Shaw
			
			
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		There's something very addictive about people pleasing. It's a thought pattern and a habit that feels really, really good until it becomes desperate.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Anne Hathaway
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		“As an ethical, moral person, you probably think—“hey, I don’t want more than my fair share.” But that reveals belief that wealth is limited. If you believe wealth is unlimited, there’s no such thing as a share of it. Everybody’s share is unlimited. There’s nothing to have a share of. There’s only unlimited. Your fair share is all you can possibly attract. As is anybody and everybody else’s.”
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Dan S. Kennedy
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Giving feels good, but it's also good for the bottom line. Charity is a viable growth strategy for a lot of companies. Our customers get excited to be a part of what we're doing. If you ask anyone wearing Toms how they first heard about us, most won't mention an advertisement; they'll say a friend told them our story.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Blake Mycoskie
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		Anger can try to break your heart, but sorrow is what will. What can. What does.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Elizabeth Scott
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		As it turned out, she was alone after all. She prayed that he'd come back to her, because she missed him and needed her connection, her fix.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Elizabeth Scott
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		So when you put the kick in and the other runners go past you, it's game over!
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Michael East
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces - my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Elizabeth Edwards
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I began to believe the fairy tales: You know, how we're all out there looking for our magical missing half.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Michael Bergin
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I have only one thing to say to the melancholy man: 'Look into the distance.' ... When you look at the stars or the ocean's expanse, your eye is completely relaxed; once your eye is relaxed, your mind is unfettered.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Emile Chartier