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When I seemed to be irritable or sad, my father would quote the le

When I seemed to be irritable or sad, my father would quote the learned Dr. Knight, and then say, Just go to sleep. Like all smart aleck kids, I thought the advice was silly. But as Ive grown older, Ive realized just how smart Knight was. – Ben Stein

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The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want. – Ben Stein

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The people who did the collateralized mortgage obligations, sold them to pension funds, then sold them short, then bought credit default swap insurance on them, are just amazing. They are a law unto themselves. – Ben Stein

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If there are finer beings than German short hairs, I dont know what they are. In their eyes is peace. – Ben Stein

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I know that some endeavor to throw the mantle of romance over the subject and treat woman like some ideal existence, not liable to the ills of life. Let those deal in fancy who have nothing better to deal in we have to do with sober, sad realities, with stubborn facts. – Ernestine Rose

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Here in the United States, our profession is much maligned, people simply dont trust or like journalists anymore and thats sad. – Christiane Amanpour

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Falling in love is awesome, but Im never drawn to happy songs per se, so whenever you sit down to write a heartbreak song and youre happily in love, its like, OK, now I have to go back to a sad place to get something good. – Miranda Lambert

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The last few years have been my happiest. Im happy in the years that most people are blue and sad and waiting to die. I dont feel that a bit. Smiling has a lot to do with it. You can just lift your spirits by smiling a little bit. – William Proxmire

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Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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It is an everlasting desire to make my dreams come true. And its getting to the point now where its like, come on I want my dreams to come true so that I can get on with the rest of my life. Sometimes I think about the rest of my life when Im done. – Picabo Street

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