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“If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?” — Abraham Lincoln

October 30, 2005December 11, 2010 | Quotations

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“Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.” — Napoleon Bonaparte

October 21, 2005December 11, 2010 | History · Quotations

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“Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.” — Charlie Chaplin

October 16, 2005December 11, 2010 | Entertainment · Quotations

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“Stock prices have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau.” — Yale economist Irving Fisher, Oct. 16, 1929

October 14, 2005March 27, 2006 | Quotations

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“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” — Douglas Adams

October 10, 2005March 27, 2006 | Quotations

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“Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.” — Truman Capote

October 7, 2005March 27, 2006 | Quotations

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“There must be quite a few things a hot bath won’t cure, but I don’t know many of them.” — Sylvia Plath

October 3, 2005July 17, 2013 | Quotations

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“I’d rather be dead than singing ‘Satisfaction’ when I’m 45.” — Mick Jagger

September 30, 2005April 8, 2006 | Entertainment · Quotations

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“By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll be happy. If you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.” — Socrates

September 25, 2005December 12, 2010 | Quotations

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“I don’t even know what street Canada is on.” — Al Capone

September 21, 2005April 19, 2006 | Crime · Quotations

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