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Jokes are better than war. Even the most aggressive jokes are better than the least aggressive wars. Even the longest jokes are better than the shortest wars.

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Why keep in touch with them? That's what I want to know,' asked Larry despairingly. 'What satisfaction does it give you? They're all either fossilized or mental.' 'Indeed, they're not mental,' said Mother indignantly.'Nonsense, Mother... Look at Aunt Bertha, keeping flocks of imaginary cats... and there's Great-Uncle Patrick, who wanders about nude and tells complete strangers how he killed whales with a penknife...They're all bats. Gerald Durrell
Donny Osmond quote: "I never smile unless I mean it."
I never smile unless I mean it. Donny Osmond
Carl Sagan quote: "Sailors on a becalmed sea, we sense the stirring of a breeze."
Sailors on a becalmed sea, we sense the stirring of a breeze. Carl Sagan
Because what's going on now, and this applies mostly to television stations in the largest markets too, but TV stations basically are now the primary receivers of campaign spending. Robert McChesney
That was one of the big problems when I was at Harvard studying music. We had to write choral pieces in the style of Brahms or Mendelssohn, which was distressing because in the end you realized how good Brahms is, and how bad you are. Elliott Carter
Groucho Marx quote: "Marriage is the chief cause of divorce."
Marriage is the chief cause of divorce. Groucho Marx
Carol Burnett quote: "I liked myself better when I wasn't me."
I liked myself better when I wasn't me. Carol Burnett
Mikhail Baryshnikov quote: "The problem is not making up the steps but deciding which ones..."
The problem is not making up the steps but deciding which ones to keep. Mikhail Baryshnikov
The individual makes a clear effort to define moral values and principles that have validity and application apart from the authority of the groups of persons holding them and apart from the individual's own identification with the group. Lawrence Kohlberg
Paul Klee quote: "Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist..."
Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn. Paul Klee
The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility. John Lennon
John Steinbeck quote: "There are no ugly questions except those clothed in..."
There are no ugly questions except those clothed in condescension. John Steinbeck
While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course. Larry Bird
To create the life of your dreams, the time has come for you to love You. Focus on Your joy. Do all the things that make You feel good. Love You, inside and out. Everything will change in your life, when you change the inside of you. Allow the Universe to give you every good thing you deserve, by being a magnet to them all. To be a magnet for every single thing you deserve, you must be a magnet of love. Rhonda Byrne
You have to believe in God before you can say there are things that man was not meant to know. I don't think there's anything man wasn't meant to know. There are just some stupid things that people shouldn't do. David Cronenberg