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Civilization means conforming to a standard of behavior that may not seem natural to us.
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You're better off missing a bus or an airplane once in a while than you are getting there too early all the time.
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A writer's job is to tell the truth.
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Numbers are the most certain things we have.
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I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some governmental stooge with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to crack addicts for squirting out babies.
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If dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one.
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I've learned... that we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.
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Space, like Switzerland, should be neutral.
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A woman over 30 will never wake you in the middle of the night to ask, "What are you thinking?". She doesn't care what you think.
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I don't think the government is out to get me or help someone else get me but it wouldn't surprise me if they were out to sell me something or help someone else sell me something. I mean, why else would the Census Bureau want to know my telephone number?
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A little-recognized value of listening and inquiring relates to the realization that in human relationships, it is frequently not what the I've learned ... that it is best to give advice in only two circumstances: when it is requested and when it is a life-threatening situation.
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I am interested in details. If you go into anything far enough, you get into the details of it, and people turn out to be interested in what makes things work.
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Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
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One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don't clean it up too quickly." ~ (1919-), American writer, producer, humorist.
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Believing is such a comfort that it's hard to give up a belief just because it isn't true.
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No one likes the house next door to look worse or a lot better than his own.
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Age is nothing but experience, and some of us are more experienced than others
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If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.
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I've learned ... that no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
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Creativity is a by-product of hard work. If I never have another really new idea, it won't matter.
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The teacher who knows the most about a subject isn't necessarily the one who can teach it best.
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It's best to give advice in only two circumstances; when it's requested, and when it's a life threatening situation.
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Unfortunately, propaganda works.
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I like animals who trust people.
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