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Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplan

Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem of an efficient way to get himself five miles to work and back each day. – Bill Vaughan

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Youth is when youre allowed to stay up late on New Years Eve. Middle age is when youre forced to. – Bill Vaughan

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Im an actor. And I guess Ive done so many movies Ive achieved some high visibility. But a star? I guess I still think of myself as kind of a worker ant. – Bill Vaughan

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Luxury… corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness. – Rousseau, The Social Contract, 1762

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Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, “Let no more riches enter!” – Aeschylus

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It takes more strength of character to withstand good fortune than bad. – La Rochefoucauld, Reflections, 1665

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I think I should not go far wrong if I asserted that the amount of genuine leisure available in a society is generally in inverse proportion to the amount of labor-saving machinery it employs. – E.F. Schumacher

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To attain inner peace you must actually give your life, not just your possessions. When you at last give your life – bringing into alignment your beliefs and the way you live then, and only then, can you begin to find inner peace. – Peace Pilgrim

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Family is the most important thing in the world. – Princess Diana

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