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It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. ↗

— Epictetus

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That's one of the great privileges, being an actor, is that someone pays you and sends you off to learn about something that otherwise you'd never know about. ↗

— Joel Edgerton

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It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

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Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward! ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

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To have a great idea, have a lot of them. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

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They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

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To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

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It only works because we still amuse each other. After we have been working with other people, it is so refreshing to laugh unreservedly when we are back together again. ↗

— Adrian Edmondson

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People expect us to be different, but we're not. We're very similar people, and it's because we're so similar and close to each other that we make each other laugh - in fact we make each other laugh more than we make anyone else laugh. ↗

— Adrian Edmondson

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There is a lot of rubbish written about toilet humour - people saying it is childish and pretending it is beneath them - but there is no doubting the effectiveness of a really good willy gag. ↗

— Adrian Edmondson

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