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Leo Rosten

"I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe."

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"It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt."

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"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

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"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."

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"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."

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"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."

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"People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not."

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"There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey."

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"How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?"

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"I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one."

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"I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after."

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"Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable."
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"The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it."
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"The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised or even loved. And that perhaps, is what makes him different from others."
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"A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to communicate is the need to share. Behind the need to share is the need to be understood."
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"If you are going to do something wrong at least enjoy it."
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"An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service of Christendom and the church."
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"A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead."
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"Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad."
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"Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense."
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"Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined."
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