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It used to take me all vacation to grow a new hide in place of the

It used to take me all vacation to grow a new hide in place of the one they flogged off me during school term. – Mark Twain

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The finest clothing made is a persons own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this. – Mark Twain

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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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If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. – John Kenneth Galbraith, Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went

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The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us. – Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes

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Resolve is never stronger than in the morning after the night it was never weaker. – From the movie Naked

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An expert is a man who tells you a simple thing in a confused way in such a fashion as to make you think the confusion is your own fault. – William Castle

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Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they dont, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral. – Vernon A. Walters

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The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people. – William O. Douglas

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I dont for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate the results of the 2000 election in the US and say that electoral politics doesnt matter any more, and that Ralph Nader was right when he said there is no difference between the two parties. – Todd Gitlin

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If I lose at play, I blaspheme; if my fellow loses, he blasphemes. So, God is always the loser. – John Donne, 1623

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