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I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there. ↗

— Herb Caen

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I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome. ↗

— Julius Caesar

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Which death is preferably to every other? "The unexpected". ↗

— Julius Caesar

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Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. ↗

— William Feather

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Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim. ↗

— William Feather

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Beware of the person who can't be bothered by details. ↗

— William Feather

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Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious. ↗

— William Feather

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If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all. ↗

— John Cage

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Ideas are one thing and what happens is another. ↗

— John Cage

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There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot. ↗

— John Cage

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