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Terry Jones quote: "A newt?" "I got better."
A newt?" "I got better. Terry Jones
Who are you?' he asked suddenly. I'm not sure,' replied the other. 'I rather think I am your long-lost brother.' But I haven't got a brother,' objected Tommy. It only shows how very long-lost I was,' replied his remarkable relative. 'But I assure you that, before they managed to long-loose me, I used to live in this house myself. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Pablo Neruda quote: "When I got the chance. I asked them a slew of questions. They..."
When I got the chance. I asked them a slew of questions. They offered to burn me; it was the only thing they knew. Pablo Neruda
Look, Gail." Roark got up, reached out, tore a thick branch off a tree, held it in both hands, one fist closed at each end; then, his wrists and knuckles tensed against the resistance, he bent the branch slowly into an arc. "Now I can make what I want of it: a bow, a spear, a cane, a railing. That's the meaning of life."Your strength?"Your work." He tossed the branch aside. "The material the earth offers you and what you make of it . . . Ayn Rand
Steven Wright quote: "I was sad because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no..."
I was sad because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. So I said, "Got any shoes you’re not using? Steven Wright
If you have anything to say, anything you feel nobody has ever said before, you have got to feel it so desperately that you will find some way to say it that nobody has ever found before, so that the thing you have to say and the way of saying it blend as one matter--as indissolubly as if they were conceived together. F. Scott Fitzgerald
This piece of rudeness was more than Alice could bear: she got up in great disgust, and walked off; the Dormouse fell asleep instantly, and neither of the others took the least notice of her going, though she looked back once or twice, half hoping that they would call after her: the last time she saw them, they were trying to put the Dormouse into the teapot. At any rate I'll never go THERE again!' said Alice as she picked her way through the wood. "It's the stupidest tea-party I ever was at... Lewis Carroll
You've only got to begin to do anything to find out how few honest, honourable people there are. Sometimes, when I can't sleep, I think: "Oh Lord, you've given us huge forests, infinite fields, and endless horizons, and we, living here, ought really to be giants. Anton Chekhov
Last month I was banging on about how books were better than anything—-how just about any decent book you picked would beat up anything else, any film or painting or piece of music, you cared to match it up with. Anyway, like most theories advanced in this column, it turned out to be utter rubbish. I went to a couple of terrific exhibitions at the Royal Academy (and that’s a hole in my argument right there—one book might beat up one painting, but what chance has one book, or even four books,... Nick Hornby
Duke Ellington quote: "It doesn't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing"
It doesn't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing Duke Ellington
If we humans are good at anything, it’s thinking we’ve got a terrific idea and going for it without acknowledging the potential consequences or our own ignorance. David Suzuki
Will Rogers quote: "If stupidity got us in this mess, how come it can't get us out."
If stupidity got us in this mess, how come it can't get us out. Will Rogers
What I feel is that if one has got to have a murder actually happening in one's house, one might as well enjoy it, if you know what I mean. Agatha Christie
Wouldn't it be more of a free country," persisted Francie "if we could ride in them free?" "No." "Why?" "Because that would be Socialism," concluded Johnny triumphantly, "and we don't want that over here." "Why?" "Because we got democracy and that's the best thing there is," clinched Johnny. Betty Smith
What I discovered I liked best about striking out on my bicycle was that the farther I got from home, the more interesting and unusual my thoughts became. Richard Russo

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