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Most of my adult life I had this towering contempt for America. ↗

— Robert Crumb

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I'm not very good at being alive. Sometimes I despair of ever mastering it, getting it right. When I'm old, perhaps. ↗

— Tanith Lee

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Happiness lies first of all in health. ↗

— George William Curtis

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And we made decisions on each of those matters which were ultimately upheld by the courts. ↗

— Lloyd Cutler

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I learned running the government for the Presidency, which I always thought was difficult, is even more difficult than I thought. ↗

— Lloyd Cutler

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We can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the result of good or evil motives. ↗

— Edward Dahlberg

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I would say that President Roosevelt probably was more intimately in touch with the press corps at the White House than President Truman was. ↗

— Clifton Daniel

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Learn to say no in situations where saying no can be difficult, where it could mean getting fired. Say no anyway, because it could lead you to greater opportunities. ↗

— Sam Dash

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I have worked with a great many comedians as opposed to comics, although I have worked with comics as well, I make the distinction. ↗

— Bobby Darin

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The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts. ↗

— Charles Darwin

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