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It is difficult to see why lace should be so expensive; it is mostly holes.

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A recent survey stated that the average person's greatest fear is having to give a speech in public. Somehow this ranked even higher than death which was third on the list. So, you're telling me that at a funeral, most people would rather be the guy in the coffin than have to stand up and give a eulogy. Jerry Seinfeld
I loved that it was about human relationships and then it was a mystery without falling into the trap of a thriller per se, because it pulled you in through people rather than through events or effects. Barbara Hershey
Whereas my grandfather was getting used to a much more terrifying reality. Holding my hand to keep his balance, as trees and bushes made strange, sliding movements in his peripheral vision, Lefty was confronting the possibility that consciousness was a biological accident. Though he'd never been religious, he realized now that he'd always believed in the soul, in a force of personality that survived death. But as his mind continued to waver, to short-circuit, he finally arrived at the... Jeffrey Eugenides
Henry Miller quote: "If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods..."
If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms. Henry Miller
It is even more so when it comes to Iraq, which is a large Arab country with scientific, material, and human resources and is able to accomplish, at the least, what Lebanon accomplished, and more. Bashar al-Assad
The need for a permanent status resolution approved by Congress is made even more clear to me because of my experience as a former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. Dick Thornburgh
Milovan Djilas quote: "Normal life cannot sustain revolutionary attitudes for long."
Normal life cannot sustain revolutionary attitudes for long. Milovan Djilas
This is what separates artists from ordinary people: the belief, deep in our hearts, that if we build our castles well enough, somehow the ocean won't wash them away. I think this is a wonderful kind of person to be. Anne Lamott
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin quote: "The first thing we become convinced of is that man is..."
The first thing we become convinced of is that man is organized so as to be far more sensible of pain than of pleasure. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
George MacDonald quote: "The man that feareth, Lord, to doubt, In that fear doubteth thee."
The man that feareth, Lord, to doubt, In that fear doubteth thee. George MacDonald
Someone told me there was a publisher that could find a good home for my songs, but I didn't want to give up my pursuit of a career in the business as an artist. Michael Bolton
The important aspect as we look at this budget, and as we look at previous budgets, is the budget system - what I'm trying to get at is changing budgeting itself in Wisconsin. Scott McCallum
Stuck in my own trap of writing about a nonsubject, I think I can defend my own self-respect, and also the integrity of a lost girl, by saying two things. First, the trivial doings of Paris Hilton are of no importance to me, or anyone else, and I should not be forced to contemplate them. Second, she should be left alone to lead such a life as has been left to her. If this seems paradoxical, then very well. Christopher Hitchens
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Television is the most perfect democracy. You sit there with your remote control and vote. Aaron Brown
It's all very well for me to tell myself there are no provincial cities any more and perhaps there never were any: all places communicate instantly with all other places, a sense of isolation is felt only during the trip between one place and the other, that is, when you are in no place. I, in fact, recognize myself here without a here or an elsewhere, recognized as an outsider by the nonoutsiders at least as clearly as I recognize the nonoutsiders and envy them. Italo Calvino