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Enthusiasm – a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience. – Ambrose Bierce

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Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. – Ambrose Bierce

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They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid. – Ambrose Bierce

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Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience. – Francis Bacon

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If you want plenty of experience in dealing with difficult people, then have kids. – Bo Bennett

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I wouldnt say Im a very original thinker, but if I have a good experience with something, Ill want to take it further or adapt it in some way. – Gwyneth Paltrow

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You ask any moviemaker what their favorite movie experience was, and theyll say it was one of the first ones, where everyone had to pitch in and do everything together, and you had to struggle. – Robert Rodriguez

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My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you cant beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea. – Gary Oldman

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Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action. – Thomas B. Macaulay

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