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We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a grea

We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent, to be sociable. – John Updike

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That a marriage ends is less than ideal but all things end under heaven, and if temporality is held to be invalidating, then nothing real succeeds. – John Updike

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The first breath of adultery is the freest after it, constraints aping marriage develop. – John Updike

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Truth should not be forced it should simply manifest itself, like a woman who has in her privacy reflected and coolly decided to bestow herself upon a certain man. – John Updike

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It is better to be a little mad than commonplace. – Victor Cherbuliez, Samuel Brohl and Partner, 1877, translated from French (trans

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The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they are okay, then its you. – Rita Mae Brown

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You should listen to your heart, and not the voices in your head. – Matt Groening, The Simpsons, spoken by the character Marge Simpson

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Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change. – Author Unknown

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History is more or less bunk. – Henry Ford

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What we have is North Korea still pursuing path to a nuclear weapon state. So the majority of peoples trust in North Korea has gone down considerably. – Lee Myung-bak

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Why should you be content with so little? Why shouldnt you reach out for something big? – Charles L. Allen

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