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Marijuana is self-punishing. It makes you acutely sensitive, and in this world, what worse punishment could there be?
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Getting down on all fours and imitating a rhinoceros stops babies from crying. (Put an empty cigarette pack on your nose for…
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Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: taking long walks and hitting things with a stick.
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The neo-hippie-dips, the sentimentality-crazed iguana anthropomorphizers, the Chicken Littles, the three-bong-hit William Blakes- thank God these people don't actually go outdoors much,…
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There is only one basic human right: the right to do as you please, without causing others harm. With it comes our…
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A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.
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Violence is interesting. This is a great obstacle to world peace and also to more thoughtful television programming.
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Anyhow, all mankind's ideas and interests, all human aims and motives, are exhibited, fully formed, in a three-year-old child. The kid is…
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Zen martini: A martini with no vermouth at all. And no gin, either.
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Remember, your body needs 6 to 8 glasses of fluid daily. Straight up or on the rocks.
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Whatever the occasion, do not neglect alcohol. No other refreshment will do. Yes, alcohol kills brain cells, but it's very selective. It…
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You can smoke or drink on a golf course without interrupting the game, and you can take a leak - something you…
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Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.
— Neil Armstrong
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That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library.
— Aphra Behn
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The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving…
— Chanakya
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Peace is liberty in tranquillity.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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One way to recollect the mind easily in the time of prayer, and preserve it more in tranquillity, is not to let…
— Brother Lawrence
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The non-action of the wise man is not inaction. It is not studied. It is not shaken by anything. The sage is…
— Zhuangzi
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Meditation is not a matter of trying to achieve ecstasy, spiritual bliss, or tranquillity, nor is it attempting to become a better…
— Pema Chodron
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The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. The beauty of the morning and the…
— W. Somerset Maugham
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Being perfectly well-dressed gives a feeling of tranquillity that religion is powerless to bestow.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you'll have more time, and more tranquillity.…
— Marcus Aurelius
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If you make a habit of sincere prayer, your life will be very noticeably and profoundly altered. Prayer stamps with its indelible…
— Alexis Carrel
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I am essentially a painter of the kind of still life composition that communicates a sense of tranquillity and privacy, moods which…
— Giorgio Morandi
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