"My parents were neither very poor nor conspicuously…" — Mark Twain

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• Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable. — Ambrose Bierce
• Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
• It's nice to be recognized, but it's not great to have it too conspicuously recognized, if you see what I… — Ian Anderson
• On consideration, it is not surprising that Darwin's finches should recognize their own kind primarily by beak characters. The beak… — David Lack
• Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity, and beauty as conspicuously as… — George Bernard Shaw
• Conspicuously absent from the Ten Commandments is any obligation of parent to child. We must suppose that God felt it… — Robert Breault
• It is easy to be conspicuously 'compassionate' if others are being forced to pay the cost. — Murray Rothbard
• The Christian religion is the religion of our country. From it are derived our nation, on the character of God,… — William Holmes McGuffey
• If Nick Broomfield never found anyone with affection for Courtney Love, it's only because he conspicuously avoided the countless friends,… — Edward Norton
• Why beer is better than wine: human feet are conspicuously absent from beer making. — Unknown Author
• Few are born bold. Even Napoleon had to cultivate the habit on the battlefield, where he knew it was a… — Robert Greene
• Call the roll in your memory of conspicuously successful [business] giants and, if you know anything about their careers, you… — B. C. Forbes

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