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Quote by Don Marquis
a man thinks he amounts to a great deal but to a flea or a mosquit

a man thinks he amounts to a great deal but to a flea or a mosquito a human being is merely something good to eat – Don Marquis

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Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough. – Don Marquis

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Man is the only animal which esteems itself rich in proportion to the number and voracity of its parasites. – George Bernard Shaw

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We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics. – Bill Vaughan

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Two-legged creatures we are supposed to love as we love ourselves. The four-legged, also, can come to seem pretty important. But six legs are too many from the human standpoint. – Joseph W. Krutch

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As a thinker and planner the ant is the equal of any savage race of men; as a self-educated specialist in several arts she is the superior of any savage race of men; and in one or two high mental qualities she is above the reach of any man, savage or civilized! – Mark Twain

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I took the process of doing as much myself as I could like a duck to water. I set up my own label and publishing, etc, and it was a fun learning curve two decades ago. – David Knopfler

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Sugar is sneaky, seductive, sentimental, and passionate. And sugar is everywhere. – Kristina Turner, The Self-Healing Cookbook, 2002, originally published 1987

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Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing. – Redd Foxx

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I photographed rocks and trees and tide pools and nudes and all that stuff for years and years. Until 20 years ago when I found that I could do it in the studio and never have to travel. – Kim Weston

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