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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: God answers sharp...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: God answers sharp...

God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers,
And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face,
A gauntlet...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Like some small...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Like some small...

Like some small nimble mouse between the ribs
Of a mastodon, I nibbled here and there
At this or that box,...

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Sylvester Stallone: Success is usually...

Sylvester Stallone: Success is usually...

Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Basil Bunting: To appreciate present...

Basil Bunting: To appreciate present...

To appreciate present conditions, collate them with those of antiquity.

Source:...

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Robert Burns: Learn taciturnity and...

Robert Burns: Learn taciturnity and...

Learn taciturnity and let that be your motto!

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Louis Aragon: The whole fauna...

Louis Aragon: The whole fauna...

The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human...

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Steve Martin: You know what...

Steve Martin: You know what...

You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the...

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Robin Williams: Comedy is acting...

Robin Williams: Comedy is acting...

Comedy is acting out optimism.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Woody Allen: Organized crime in...

Woody Allen: Organized crime in...

Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when...

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Bill Cosby: Even though your...

Bill Cosby: Even though your...

Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you're telling them to do, you have to keep...

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Mel Brooks: Critics can't even...

Mel Brooks: Critics can't even...

Critics can't even make music by rubbing their back legs together.

Source: In...

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Dennis Miller: Human beings are...

Dennis Miller: Human beings are...

Human beings are human beings. They say what they want, don't they? They used to say it across the fence while they...

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Dennis Miller: After seven years...

Dennis Miller: After seven years...

After seven years of marriage, I'm sure of two things -- first, never wallpaper together, and second, you'll need two...

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Joan Rivers: If God wanted...

Joan Rivers: If God wanted...

If God wanted us to bend over he'd put diamonds on the floor.

Source: From a...

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Gracie Allen: My husband will...

Gracie Allen: My husband will...

My husband will never chase another woman. He's too fine, too decent, too old. [said when George Burns was only 64. He...

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Rita Rudner: Most turkeys taste...

Rita Rudner: Most turkeys taste...

Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before.

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Lucille Ball: I think knowing...

Lucille Ball: I think knowing...

I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good...

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Fred Astaire: I don't want...

Fred Astaire: I don't want...

I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity. . . . I don't want to look like a little old man dancing out...

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Maurice Chevalier: The French are...

Maurice Chevalier: The French are...

The French are true romantics. They feel the only difference between a man of forty and one of seventy is thirty years...

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Bing Crosby: Oh -- I...

Bing Crosby: Oh -- I...

Oh -- I listen more and talk less. You can't learn anything when you're talking.

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