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To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that th

To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds. – Gore Vidal

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The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return. – Gore Vidal

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By the time a man gets to be presidential material, hes been bought ten times over. – Gore Vidal

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Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. – Gore Vidal

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Everything perfect in its kind has to transcend its own kind, it must become something different and incomparable. In some notes the nightingale is still a bird; then it rises above its class and seems to suggest to every winged creature what singing is truly like. – Johann von Goethe

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Autumn birds speak cheerful poetry from their berry-stained beaks. – Terri Guillemets

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Half the modern drugs could well be thrown out the window, except that the birds might eat them. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing. – Eric Berne

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You are only as beautiful as your last action. – Stephen Richards

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Too aim is not enough, you must hit! – Proverb

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If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man never is so happy as when he giveth happiness unto another. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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Because Microsoft seems to sometimes not trust customer choice, they salt XP with all these little gizmos and trap doors to get people to try Microsoft stuff. But the reality is that were downloading more players than we ever have on a worldwide basis. – Rob Glaser

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