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Quote by Samuel Butler
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part o

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. – Samuel Butler

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God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor. – Samuel Butler

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Lets not quibble! Im the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, Id rather be strongly wrong than weakly right. – Tallulah Bankhead

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I wish I could stand on a busy street corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours. – Bernard Berenson

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I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, its so petty. – Imelda Marcos

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The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity. – Thomas Love Peacock

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