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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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Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the childs tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. Its not funny and its not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastrous experience for the child. It isnt the least bit funny. – Ben Stein

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Yes, Americans can still get credit for cars and trucks and refrigerators, and those businesses are doing well. But just try to get a home loan now. – 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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Isnt it sad to go to your grave without ever wondering why you were born? Who, with such a thought, would not spring from bed, eager to resume discovering the world and rejoicing to be part of it? – Richard Dawkins

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The sad part about our past is that religions, ironically enough, are responsible for creating the most destructive idea that has ever been visited upon the human race: the idea that there is such a thing as better. – Neale Donald Walsch

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And its sad because its like a surprise to people – almost an anomaly – when artists are actually refined and trained on an instrument. Thats the last thing people think about. – Vanessa Carlton

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Ive grown as a person. The dynamics on this set are very demanding because we work a lot of hours, its very sad material, so theres always someone upset because its really heavy stuff. – Elisabeth Rohm

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sad

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By nature Im not a brooder. – Hugh Jackman

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Remember tonight.. for it is the beginning of always. – Source Unknown

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Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity. – Charles G. Dawes

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Being solitary is being alone well: being alone luxuriously immersed in doings of your own choice, aware of the fullness of your won presence rather than of the absence of others. Because solitude is an achievement. – Alice Koller

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