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It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are paid tremendous money to sing.

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But there I was, surrendering to a most extraordinary call from the grave, the mass-grave-to-be of Europe, as if somewhere ahead lay an iron gateway, slightly ajar, leading to a low and sombre country, with an incalculable crowd on sides eager to pass into it, and bearing me along. Thomas Pynchon
We don't understand that life is heaven, for we have only to understand that and it will at once be fulfilled in all its beauty, we shall embrace each other and weep. Fyodor Dostoevsky
The long-established and noble rule of Law, one of the greatest products of the character and tradition of British history, has suffered a deadly blow. Blackmail has become respectable. Robert Menzies
America must be the moral leader. It is not enough to have power. Power must be used to protect freedom and give all people hope for the opportunity to see the fruit of their own labor. Jesse Helms
Fred Couples quote: "I'm a lot older than I was when I was 30, which is kind of..."
I'm a lot older than I was when I was 30, which is kind of hard to believe. Fred Couples
The sight of the first woman in the minimal two-piece was as explosive as the detonation of the atomic bomb by the U.S. at Bikini Island in the Marshall Isles, hence the naming of the bikini. Tom Waits
One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid. James D. Watson
Death gives meaning to our lives. It gives importance and value to time. Time would become meaningless if there were too much of it. Ray Kurzweil
That's one of the peculiar things about bad moods - we often fool ourselves and create misery by telling ourselves things that simply are not true. David D. Burns
It's a sad day when the leaders of the free world engage in such deception and trickery. I voted against this unnecessary war and will continue to argue that the best way to support our troops is to bring them home. Major Owens
He is a man of the Night's Watch, She thought, as he sang about some stupid lady throwing herself off some stupid tower because her stupid prince was dead. The lady should go kill the ones who killed her prince. Arya Stark (page 514) George R. R. Martin
I feel kind of depressed today... Do you ever have the feeling that life has passed you by? Worse than that... Sometimes I think life and I are going in opposite directions! Charles M. Schulz
I feel that everyone who wants to say anything, do anything, should be able to say anything or do anything, within the limits of not hurting another person. Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Lester B. Pearson quote: "As a soldier, I survived World War I when most of my comrades..."
As a soldier, I survived World War I when most of my comrades did not. Lester B. Pearson
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Measured against eternity, our time on earth is just a blink of an eye, but the consequences of it will last forever. Rick Warren