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Life Quote by Tom Holt

““Just when you’ve squared up to the solemn realisation that life is a bitch, it turns round and does something nice, just to confuse you. - Emily Spitzer, The Better Mousetrap””

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Telling lies is a bit like tiling bathrooms - if you don't know how to do it properly, it's best not to try.

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I don't read the Sunday papers; or the dailies, either

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Lawyers are predators in grey worsted

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“A lifetime in the business had taught her that, apart from the few good people that work along-side you,nobody is to be trusted,ever,because sooner…

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“The conscientious arsonist doesn't just set the building on fire; first he fills the fire extinguishers with petrol.”

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Among the gods, there is a dispute as to which one of them originally thought of Christianity; or, as they call it, the Great Leg Pull. Apollo has the best claim, but a sizeable minority support Pluto, ex-God of the Dead, on the grounds that he has a really sick sense of humour. How would it be, suggested the unidentified…

There’s nothing bad about reincarnation per se, it’s basically a very good system, cost-effective and ecologically friendly.

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After all, what else is scientific enquiry of any sort other than a controlled version of banging one's head against the universe until something…

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Genies rarely have nightmares, for the same reason that elephants don't usually worry about being trampled underfoot. With the possible exception of bottles, there's…

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American-style iced tea is the perfect drink for a hot

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“Georgie paused on the threshold for a moment as if hesitant to enter the habitation of such a perjurer lest it should be struck…

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“{She] laughed so that the street seemed full of little silver bells,”

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Of all the people who have affected my life and influenced the choices I've made, none has been more important than my father. I…

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What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and pecularities, by eliminating different civilizations and cultures, progress weakens life and favors death. The ideal of a single civilization for everyone, implicit in the cult of progress and technique, impoverishes and mutilates us. Every view of…

Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.

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Life works most perfectly when a reciprocal love relationship is in place between man and God.

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I value the experiences that come with life too much to sit by and not put my full effort into them.

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Entertainment is a sacred pursuit when done well. When done well, it raises the quality of human life.

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“There's more to life than you can see. Your sight is limited.”

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“I've spent much of my life calling my intuition "something wrong with me.”

Deanna L. Lawlis

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When you do things they're absolutely right at that time for you and it can always teach you something about yourself. You can take…

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The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist…

Chuck Klosterman

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The one thing that I keep learning over and over again is that I don't know nothing. I mean, that's my life lesson.

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“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write, To thank the God of nature, who conveyed My soul to me, and with such care…

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