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It would indeed be a tragedy if the history of the human race prov

It would indeed be a tragedy if the history of the human race proved to be nothing more than the story of an ape playing with a box of matches on a petrol dump. – David Ormsby Gore

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The doctors tell us of a physical disease called fatty degeneration of the heart… there is a moral malady—fatty degeneration of the soul; sooner or later it attacks every man, however noble his career, who puts self forward in his aims; who values fame because a personal possession. – Frank Lee Benedict, The Price She Paid, 1882

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Man talks about everything, and he talks about everything as though the understanding of everything were all inside him. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Ocean: A body of water occupying two-thirds of a world made for man — who has no gills. – Ambrose Bierce

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Human beings invent just as many ways to sabotage their lives as to improve them. – Mark Goulston, Get Out of Your Own Way: Overcoming Self-Defeating Behavior, 1996

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Im not sad at all about turning 40. – Halle Berry

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What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and 60s: the interstate-highway system, massive funding for science and technology, a public-education system that was the envy of the world and generous immigration policies. – Fareed Zakaria

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Many things can make you miserable for weeks; few can bring you a whole day of happiness. – Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960

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You dont appreciate a lot of stuff in school until you get older. Little things like being spanked every day by a middle-aged woman: Stuff you pay good money for in later life. – Emo Philips

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