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John Steinbeck quote: "He drank too much when he could get it, ate too much when it..."
He drank too much when he could get it, ate too much when it was there, talked too much all the time. John Steinbeck
The little girl knew if she bit any member of her family, they would get rabies too, and she died without ever having been petted. I cried so hard Mrs. Underwood had to take me to the school nurse. Fannie Flagg
As an adult, getting paid thousands of dollars a week to say, “Aye, Sir. Course laid in” is a seriously sweet gig, but when I was a teenager, it sucked. Wil Wheaton
Carl Hiaasen quote: "Actually it was the mark of the stupid, which is what you get..."
Actually it was the mark of the stupid, which is what you get for sitting under a tree during a thunderstorm. Carl Hiaasen
So I guess you were hopelessly romantic and easily distracted, a B-plus mother, certainly good enough to get into Matriarchal State University but not quite good enough for St. Mary's College of the Blessed Womb Warriors. Sherman Alexie
Annie turned away, her eyes glittering. 'Here's what no one tells you,' she said. 'When you deliver a fetus, you get a death certificate, but not a birth certificate. And afterward, your milk comes in, and there's nothing you can do to stop it.' She looked up at me. 'You can't win. Either you have the baby and wear your pain on the outside, or you don't have the baby, and you keep that ache in you forever. I know I didn't do the wrong thing. But I don't feel like I did the right thing, either. Jodi Picoult
Joseph Campbell quote: "How to get rid of ego as dictator and turn it into messenger..."
How to get rid of ego as dictator and turn it into messenger and servant and scout, to be in your service, is the trick. Joseph Campbell
Ernest Hemingway quote: "you can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to..."
you can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. Ernest Hemingway
The invention of the teenager was a mistake. Once you identify a period of life in which people get to stay out late but don't have to pay taxes - naturally, no one wants to live any other way. Judith Martin
Terry Prachett quote: "I reckon responsible behavior is something to get when you..."
I reckon responsible behavior is something to get when you grow older. Like varicose veins. Terry Prachett
Some day, my son, you are going to learn that the two greatest joys of being a man are beating the hell out of someone and getting the hell beaten out of you, good night. Richard Price
Scream at the mangled leather carcass lying at the foot of the stairs, and my parents would roar with laughter. "That's what you get for leaving your wallet on the kitchen table. David Sedaris
You're an unusual person," she said. "Bill didn't like you, but he never likes anything different. He's so—so prosaic. Don't you think that when a person gets older he should become—broadened in his outlook? Philip K. Dick
When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say. Abraham Lincoln
Samuel Butler quote: "Sensible people get the greater part of their own dying done..."
Sensible people get the greater part of their own dying done during their own lifetime Samuel Butler

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