"I used my history degree about twice a year whether I needed to or not."

Pragmatism, Education, Irony, Career, Humor

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"All theories are legitimate, no matter. What matters is what you do with them."

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Poet

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"Over a lifetime of dealing with difficult women, I have learned it is often better to give into their demands immediately."

Patricia Briggs, American Author

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"Sufism is, in operation, pragmatic."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

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"We must consult our means rather than our wishes."

George Washington, American President

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"A lie that could help someone focus on his life was better than a hundred simple truths."

Faraaz Kazi, Indian Author

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"Anything was better than nothing. Half-full was better than empty. Ignorance was the lowest form of humiliation and suffering."

Becca Fitzpatrick, American Novelist

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"Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum."

P. J. O'Rourke, American Comedian

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"I've found that lifting the lid with your foot is the most thorough and least gross path to two minutes of peace of mind."

Elle Lothlorien, American Novelist

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"The really essential factors of success in any undertaking are money and opportunity, and as a rule, the man who can make the first can make the second."

Dorothy L. Sayers, British Author

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"Fair play is all well and good. But knowing how to kick 'em in the balls can get you out of a jam 9 times out of 10."

Lois Greiman, American Author

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"New rules. If you are smart enough to live, you won't hit Charles's mate in front of his father."

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"I didn't like anyone except me having their hands all over him. There had been possession in Wolf's touch, and Adam belonged to me."

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"You play games with people's lives.(...) You forget that they are fragile."

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"A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn't mean in winter."

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"If there was such evil in the world, was it possible that there was good, too?"

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"All theories are legitimate, no matter. What matters is what you do with them."

"Over a lifetime of dealing with difficult women, I have learned it is often better to give into their demands immediately."

"Sufism is, in operation, pragmatic."

"We must consult our means rather than our wishes."

"A lie that could help someone focus on his life was better than a hundred simple truths."

"Anything was better than nothing. Half-full was better than empty. Ignorance was the lowest form of humiliation and suffering."

"Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum."

"I've found that lifting the lid with your foot is the most thorough and least gross path to two minutes of peace of mind."

"The really essential factors of success in any undertaking are money and opportunity, and as a rule, the man who can make the first can make the second."

"Fair play is all well and good. But knowing how to kick 'em in the balls can get you out of a jam 9 times out of 10."

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"New rules. If you are smart enough to live, you won't hit Charles's mate in front of his father."

"I didn't like anyone except me having their hands all over him. There had been possession in Wolf's touch, and Adam belonged to me."

"You play games with people's lives.(...) You forget that they are fragile."

"A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn't mean in winter."

"If there was such evil in the world, was it possible that there was good, too?"

"A man learns with age, if he is lucky."

"Where does a werewolf sleep? Anywhere he wants to."

"Don't make light of any man's pain."

"Civilization is vastly overrated."

"You have to acknowledge evil, or you give it too much power over you."