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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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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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"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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"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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"Having had a reputation for being sexy is a great prop to lean on now."

Greta Scacchi, Italian Actress

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"Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil."

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