"Every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that's sucking up at least 70 percent of his or her radar."

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"Every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that's sucking up at least 70 percent of his or her radar."

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"The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded."

George Orwell, British Author

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"Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained."

Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist

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"Being "contented" ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"I just loved being divorced from my own wretchedness."

Beth Henley, American Playwright

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"The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"Being down in Orlando, Florida, where we filmed the movie, I learned how to bass fish. Jerry Reed, who plays the villain in the movie, taught me how to bass fish."

Henry Winkler, American Actor

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"A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself."

Henry Winkler, American Actor

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"Being born with a pair of beady eyes was the best thing that ever happened to me."

Lee Van Cleef, American Actor

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"I was brought up in a very poor and very violent household. I spent much of my childhood being afraid."

Patrick Stewart, English Actor

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"The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible."

Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist

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"Salad bars are like a restaurant's lungs. They soak up the impurities and bacteria in the environment, leaving you with much cleaner air to enjoy."

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"One of the cruelest things you can do to another person is pretend you care about them more than you really do."

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"People will always choose more money over more sex."

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"Sometimes it feels as if everything in life is just something we haul into the grave."

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"The person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger member."

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"Cloning is great. If God made the original, then making copies should be fine."

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"Being asked what animal you'd like to be is a trick question; you're already an animal."

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"The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded."

"Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained."

"Being "contented" ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position."

"I just loved being divorced from my own wretchedness."

"The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it."

"Being down in Orlando, Florida, where we filmed the movie, I learned how to bass fish. Jerry Reed, who plays the villain in the movie, taught me how to bass fish."

"A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself."

"Being born with a pair of beady eyes was the best thing that ever happened to me."

"I was brought up in a very poor and very violent household. I spent much of my childhood being afraid."

"The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible."

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"Salad bars are like a restaurant's lungs. They soak up the impurities and bacteria in the environment, leaving you with much cleaner air to enjoy."

"One of the cruelest things you can do to another person is pretend you care about them more than you really do."

"People will always choose more money over more sex."

"Sometimes it feels as if everything in life is just something we haul into the grave."

"The person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger member."

"Cloning is great. If God made the original, then making copies should be fine."

"You can never become rich unless you like rich people."

"You can't fake creativity, competence, or sexual arousal."

"Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure."

"Being asked what animal you'd like to be is a trick question; you're already an animal."