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We idolized the Beatles, except for those of us who idolized the Rolling Stones, who in those days still had many of their original teeth. ↗

— Dave Barry

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All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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An original something, dear maid, you would wish me to write; but how shall I begin? For I'm sure I have not original in me, Excepting Original Sin. ↗

— Thomas Campbell

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I miss everything about Chicago, except January and February. ↗

— Gary Cole

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Again, we turn down most books that have been self-published unless they have a special track record. We have taken a small number on, however, and sold them to major publishers for a nice sum. But that is an exception to the rule. ↗

— Richard Curtis

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There seems to be one quality of mind which seems to be of special and extreme advantage in leading him to make discoveries. It was the power of never letting exceptions go unnoticed. ↗

— Francis Darwin

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I think it's important to stretch as you get older, but I try to do basically all the things I did when I played, except I can't do them as well and as much. ↗

— Mike Ditka

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The naturalists of our own time hold equal faith in the wonders of the sea, but seek therein rather for the links of nature's chain than for apparent exceptions. ↗

— Edward Forbes

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Never thank anybody for anything, except a drink of water in the desert - and then make it brief. ↗

— Gene Fowler

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What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

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