"The better day, the better deed."

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“Have you summoned your wits from wool-gathering?”

“A little too wise, they say, do ne’er live long.”

“As old Chaucer was wont to say, that broad famous English poet.”

“Beat all your feathers as flat down as pancakes.”

“’Tis slight, not strength, that gives the greatest lift.”

“There is no hate lost between us.”

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"I had a good time there. Moby Dick was my nickname. I struck out four times one night, and in the papers they said Ahab got his whale."

— Dick Stuart

1932–2002

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"All drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with your self-esteem. They’re no good at all. But I’m not going to go around preaching aga…"

— Kurt Cobain

Music1967–1994

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"My own benchmark for success was pretty basic — I just wanted to be able to pay my rent. Beyond reaching that goal I really didn’t care much. I was doing something I loved, getting by, and that’s what…"

— Gary Larson

Journalism1950

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"They stared at her curiously and she caught snatches of conversation in two or three languages. It wasn’t hard to guess their content, and she smiled a bit grimly. Youth, it appeared, was full of illu…"

— Lois McMaster Bujold

Literature1949

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