Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable t

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing second, the gratification of ones family and friends and lastly, the solid cash. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that youve scowled upon. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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But let me perfectly clear, because I know youll hear the same old claims that rolling back these tax breaks means a massive tax increase on the American people: if your family earns less than $250,000 a year, you will not see your taxes increased a single dime. I repeat: not one single dime. – Barack Obama

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I cant tell you how scary it can be walking onto a movie and suddenly joining this family, its like going to somebody elses Christmas dinner, everyone knows everyone, and youre there and youre not quite sure what youre supposed to be doing. – John Cleese

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Family

I wanted the players to feel like they were part of a family, to be conscious of that controlled togetherness as they made that slow entrance onto the field. It had a great psychological effect on the opposing team, too. Theyd never seen anything like it. – Hayden Fry

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When you live in an alcoholic family or an abusive family, you tiptoe, you dont want to step on any mines. – Glenn Beck

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Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. – Benjamin Franklin

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Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things dont go well. – Jim Rohn

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Its interesting now that basically a CG set is the same cost as a real set. So like if youre going to build a CG house in the suburbs, it costs you $200,000. And if you were going to build it in a computer, itll cost you $200,000. Its the same… the relationship is exactly the same. – Zack Snyder

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Just as we could have rode into the sunset, along came the Internet, and it tripled the significance of the PC. – Andy Grove

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