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Quote by James Boswell
For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry s

For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation. – James Boswell

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I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be born to friends. – James Boswell

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Sisters
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I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything. – James Boswell

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Choice
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As I get older, my sense of humor is my biggest asset. – David Alan Grier

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Ive never met a person who has more integrity than my husband. I respect that. Theres his humor and intelligence, too, and hes really cute, all those things – but if you dont respect your partner, youll get sick of him. – Michelle Pfeiffer

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Sometimes a scene may be about one thing, and it may end up still being about that, but the emotionality of it comes from somewhere else, or the humor of it comes from somewhere else, and it gives it that real-life quality. – Kyle Chandler

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I think in life, the sense of humor and comedy always exists. – Mike Epps

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Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect. – George Bancroft

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One of the great challenges of our age, in which the tools of our productivity are also the tools of our leisure, is to figure out how to make more useful those moments of procrastination when were idling in front of our computer screens. – Joshua Foer

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The failure in Ohio to have adequate voting capacity for the people who were registered and eligible to vote was an absolute denial of their right to vote. – Carol Moseley Braun

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Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile. – Gary Ryan Blair

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