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I used to toy with the notion that when we die we find out what our lives have amounted to, finally. I'd never imagined that we could find that out when somebody else dies. Anne Tyler
When ... asked what I am writing, I have answered, "A book about social class in America," ... It is if I had said, "I am working on a book urging the beating to death of baby whales using the dead bodies of baby seals. Paul Fussell
Personally I am very fond of strawberries and cream, but I have found that for some strange reason, fish prefer worms. So when I went fishing, I didn’t think about what I wanted. I thought about what they wanted. I didn't bait the hook with strawberries and cream. Rather, I dangled a worm or grasshopper in front of the fish and said: "Wouldn't you like to have that?" Why not use the same common sense when fishing for people? Dale Carnegie
I'm perpetual tourist, and that's the best way to travel. Nobody gets used to you, you make new friends without having to hear anyone's everyday problems, and you jet back still feeling like a know-it-all. John Waters
Why did I accept death? But I will ask, what use was life to me after that revolver had been raised against me by the being I adored? Fyodor Dostoevsky
Consider the word “time.” We use so many phrases with it. Pass time. Waste time. Kill time. Lose time. In good time. About time. Take your time. Save time. A long time. Right on time. Out of time. Mind the time. Be on time. Spare time. Keep time. Stall for time. There are as many expressions with “time” as there are minutes in a day. But once, there was no word for it at all. Because no one was counting. Then Dor began. And everything changed. Mitch Albom
Dietrich Bonhoeffer quote: "If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the..."
If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the opposite direction. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
It all turns on affection now," said Margaret. "Affection. Don't you see?... And affection, when reciprocated, gives rights. Put that down in your notebook, Mr. Mansbridge. It's a useful formula. E. M. Forster
Everyone works for everyone else. We can't do without anyone. Even Epsilons are useful. We couldn't do without Epsilons. Everyone works for everyone else. We can't do without anyone. Aldous Huxley
Linus Torvalds quote: "Only wimps use tape backup. REAL men just upload their..."
Only wimps use tape backup. REAL men just upload their important stuff on ftp and let the rest of the world mirror it. Linus Torvalds
I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to be. But still, I am not what I used to be. And by the grace of God, I am what I am. John Newton
Bill Watterson quote: "I hope some historian will confirm that I was the first..."
I hope some historian will confirm that I was the first cartoonist to use the word 'booger' in a newspaper comic strip. Bill Watterson
All the things which had uses. All the mountains which had names. We'll give them new names, but the old names are there, somewhere in time..." -Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury
Abraham Lincoln quote: "Laughter can be used to sooth the mind and get rid of those..."
Laughter can be used to sooth the mind and get rid of those awful thoughts. Abraham Lincoln
As the apostle says to Timothy, so also he says to every-one, 'Give yourself to reading.' ... He who will not use the thoughts of other men's brains proves that he has no brains of his own... You need to read. Renounce as much as you will all light literature, but study as much as possible sound theological works, especially the Puritanic writers, and expositions of the Bible... the best way for you to spend your leisure is to be either reading or praying. Charles Spurgeon

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