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All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some ar

All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others. – Samuel Butler

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Life is like music it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule. – Samuel Butler

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The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation. – Samuel Butler

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Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things. – Samuel Butler

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For example, I was a White House intern the summer before I dropped out of law school. Everybody knew about it. Id come home and go to church and everybody would say, Oh, my God. Demetri, youre working at the White House. – Demetri Martin

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I remind everyone: Whether you school them at home or send them to school, you as a parent have the responsibility to make sure they learn and behave. Teachers and principals may help, but parents are the ones who must accept responsibility. – Ernest Istook

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Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going. – Phyllis Diller

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When I go on the plane to fly home, Im literally capable of forgetting what I do for a job. That also comes about because I choose to take massive breaks between projects, and because I choose to do this ridiculous thing of keeping home, home. – Eric Bana

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A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. – David Brinkley

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