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I wonder if the course of narcissism through the ages would have been any different had Narcissus first peered into a cesspool. He probably did. Frank O'Hara
"I am probably responsible for the odd fact that people don't seem to name their daughters Lolita any more. I have heard of young female poodles being given that name since 1956, but of no human beings." Vladimir Nabokov
I would begin to think that I wanted to do something, but then I would become incapable of distinguishing between the probable results of doing it and of not doing it. I often get the feeling that things around me have lost their proper balance, though it could be that my perceptions are playing tricks on me. Haruki Murakami
It is indeed a mortifying reflection to those who are actuated by the love of fame, so justly denominated the last infirmity of noble minds, that the wisest legislator and most exalted genius that ever reformed or enlightened the world can never expect such tributes of praise as are lavished on the memory of pretended saints, whose whole conduct was probably to the last degree odious or contemptible, and whose industry was entirely directed to the pursuit of objects pernicious to mankind. It... David Hume
Lytton Strachey quote: "It is probably always disastrous not to be a poet."
It is probably always disastrous not to be a poet. Lytton Strachey
Well, I dreamed I was playing Quidditch the other night,' said Ron, screwing up his face in an effort to remember. 'What d'you reckon that means?''Probably that you're going to be eaten by a giant marshmallow or something,' said Harry. J. K. Rowling
I know you'll probably get angry with me for that, shout, stamp your feet: "speak just for yourself and your miseries in the underground, and don't go saying 'we all.'" Excuse me, gentleman, but I am not justifying myself with this allishness. As far as I myself am concerned, I have merely carried to an extreme in my life what you have not dared to carry even halfway, and, what's more, you've taken your cowardice for good sense, and found comfort in thus deceiving yourselves. So that I,... Fyodor Dostoevsky
Bob Dylan quote: "If my thought-dreams could be seen/ They'd probably put my..."
If my thought-dreams could be seen/ They'd probably put my head in a guillotine. Bob Dylan
Statistically, the probability of any one of us being here is so small that the mere fact of our existence should keep us all in a state of contented dazzlement. Lewis Thomas
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "Can you see me? All of me? Probably not. No one ever really has."
Can you see me? All of me? Probably not. No one ever really has. Jeffrey Eugenides
Janet Evanovich quote: "Your cousin Maureen just got a job at the button factory...."
Your cousin Maureen just got a job at the button factory. They're probably still hiring."Helen Plum Janet Evanovich
After another moment's silence she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why she loved me but that one day I might disgust her for the very same reason. Albert Camus
There are so many qualities that make up a human being... by the time I get through with all the things that I really admire about people, what they do with their private parts is probably so low on the list that it is irrelevant. Paul Newman
Woody Allen quote: "The wicked at heart probably know something."
The wicked at heart probably know something. Woody Allen
I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies: 1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. 2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. 3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things. Douglas Adams

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