Linux People: 957 of 1231 |
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
-- Oscar Wilde
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Linux People: 958 of 1231 |
The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
-- Fran Lebowitz, "Social Studies"
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Linux People: 959 of 1231 |
The part of the world that people find most puzzling is the part called "Me".
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Linux People: 960 of 1231 |
The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible
enough to give none.
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Linux People: 961 of 1231 |
The perfect friend sees the best in you -- sees it constantly -- not just
when you occasionally are that way, but also when you waver, when you
forget yourself, act like less than you are. In time, you become more
like his vision of you -- which is the person you have always wanted to be.
-- Nancy Friday
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Linux People: 962 of 1231 |
The point is, you see, that there is no point in driving yourself mad
trying to stop yourself going mad. You might just as well give in and
save your sanity for later.
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Linux People: 963 of 1231 |
... the privileged being which we call human is distinguished from
other animals only by certain double-edged manifestations which in
charity we can only call "inhuman."
-- R. A. Lafferty
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Linux People: 964 of 1231 |
The probability of someone watching you is proportional to the
stupidity of your action.
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Linux People: 965 of 1231 |
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can
be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
-- Elizabeth Taylor
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Linux People: 966 of 1231 |
The propriety of some persons seems to consist in having improper
thoughts about their neighbours.
-- F.H. Bradley
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