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“A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.” — W.C. Fields

November 22, 2005March 24, 2006 | Quotations

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“We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I don’t know.” — W.H. Auden

November 15, 2005March 24, 2006 | Quotations

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“Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial ‘we.'” — Mark Twain

November 9, 2005December 10, 2010 | Literature · Quotations

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“Somebody said to me, ‘But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.’ That’s a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, ‘Now, let’s write a swimming pool.'” — Paul McCartney

November 5, 2005March 24, 2006 | Entertainment · Quotations

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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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