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Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator, and not infrequently they actually seem to…
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Every man is thoroughly happy twice in his life: just after he has met his first love, and just after he has…
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Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another
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The surest way to get on in politics in America is to play the leading part in a prosecution which attracts public…
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Has the great art and mystery of politics no apparent utility? Does it appear to be unqualifiedly ratty, raffish, sordid, obscene and…
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To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia - to mistake an ordinary young man for…
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The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on…
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Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those that are…
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I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war on liberty, and that the democratic government…
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The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who Is able to think things out for himself, without regard to…
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The kind of man who wants government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always the kind of man whose ideas are…
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Government under democracy is thus government by orgy, almost by orgasm.
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If our 'message' is anything, it's a positive approach to life. That life is basically good. People are basically good.
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What's given, in fact, always depends on the person or thing it's given to. A minor incident in the street brings the…
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Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator, and not infrequently they actually have comic…
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I believe that life is basically a process of growth-that we go through many lives, choosing those situations and problems that we…
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My blogging life is basically goalless. I like the zen nature of that, and paradoxically, it improves results.
— Seth Godin
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Art gives a sense of order, life is basically chaotic, and there's a tension between them. A sense of order comes from…
— Alfred Brendel
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My life is basically my work.
— Temple Grandin
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In other words, let's face it: Life is basically unfair. But even in a situation that's unfair, I think it's possible to…
— Haruki Murakami
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Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator, and not infrequently they actually seem to…
— Henry Louis Mencken
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Life is basically like a soap bubble. It rides on the wind, flying here and there, and before you realize it, pop…
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