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Never cover a dead body with your own in hopes of looking...

Never cover a dead body with your own in hopes of looking like you're one of the casualties.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, body, contentment

Lesbians and gays... they still have to fight, even...

Lesbians and gays... they still have to fight, even inside. It's not that simple, even if they seem to be accepted.

Quote by Catherine Deneuve about fight

Yep, my body is doing good and everything feels good and...

Yep, my body is doing good and everything feels good and I'm ready.

Quote by Carly Patterson about good, good luck, body

The work is not complete for as long as our people remain...

The work is not complete for as long as our people remain divided by avoidable mutual suspicions, distrust and ancient fears.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about old, work, people

How explain my knowledge of ancient Hebrew and Spanish...

How explain my knowledge of ancient Hebrew and Spanish and Italian, languages I never knew?

Quote by Taylor Caldwell about old, knowledge

The essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is...

The essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of the hero.

Quote by James Maxwell Anderson about literature, heroism, tragedy

He comes to this other world and he has to reinvent himself. Again, it felt natural, even though I'd been working really hard trying to come up with something.

Quote by Michael Chabon about world

We have been permitted to turn our back on the frailty of...

We have been permitted to turn our back on the frailty of life. I mean we live so much longer, and the constant presence of death is part of life.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about life, death

And the danger is - and it's happening - is we're seeing an incredibly big rise amongst young gay people, young heterosexual people as far as catching HIV, which is, you know, in an educated country like this or in Britain, it's frightening.

Quote by Elton John about danger, country, people, contentment

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15...

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

Quote by Francis Bacon about olderness, old, age, man

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.

Quote by Joseph Addison about mind, moment

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary...

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about impossible, word

The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them.

Quote by George W. Bush about cruelty, conflict, justice, fear, war, god

The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of...

The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another - no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy.

Quote by Friedrich Engels about state, nothing

The early bird suffers from insomnia.

The early bird suffers from insomnia.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy

A promise must never be broken.

A promise must never be broken.

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about opinion, promise

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Quote by Oscar Wilde about philosophy, enemies, nothing

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to...

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

Quote by Maya Angelou about life, humor, style

The most secular, atheist historian on the planet would...

The most secular, atheist historian on the planet would have to grant that the entire legal system of Western civilization pivots off those tablets.

Quote by Mike Pence about history, atheism, civilization

Crossing the Penobscot, one found a visible descent in...

Crossing the Penobscot, one found a visible descent in the scale of humanity.

Quote by Francis Parkman about humanity

I like reality. It tastes like bread.

I like reality. It tastes like bread.

Quote by Jean Anouilh about reality

Pain is never permanent.

Pain is never permanent.

Quote by Sfanta Tereza De Avila about pain

I'm partial to golden retrievers.

I'm partial to golden retrievers.

Quote by Sara Paretsky

The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.

The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.

Quote by Stendhal about love

We have a lot of anxieties, and one cancels out another...

We have a lot of anxieties, and one cancels out another very often.

Quote by Winston Churchill

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment is the treasurer...

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment is the treasurer of the one who is wise.

Quote by William Penn about knowledge, treasure, judgment

Human nature doesn't include all human beings, there are...

Human nature doesn't include all human beings, there are human beings who are indifferent to politics, religion, virtually anything.

Quote by Conor Cruise O'Brien about nature, human imperfections, politics, religion

The Weekend of Man Oh, boy, it's Friday. The world will never end. Oh, God, it's Sunday. Where did all the time go? Lines of Thought by an Unknown Author

Quote by Mark Amend about time, thinking, god, end, world, man

One must change one's tactics every ten years if one...

One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about change

Real form of happiness is hope. The one without hope no...

Real form of happiness is hope. The one without hope no longer ca be happy.

Quote by Victor Eftimiu about hope, happiness, real estate

Any VDU, from the cheapest to the most expensive, will...

Any VDU, from the cheapest to the most expensive, will protect a twenty cent fuse by blowing first.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers

String players will not have a pencil the day the...

String players will not have a pencil the day the conductor gives new bowings or fingerings.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about day

He was the editor of our paper, he created the publishing house in Hebrew, he was I wouldn't say the guru but really he was our teacher and a most respected man. I wrote for the paper of the youth movement.

Quote by Shimon Peres about teachers, youth, home, house, man

The two thing no man can ever understand. Women and what...

The two thing no man can ever understand. Women and what makes all men complete damm fools over women.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about love, man, things

As soon as the child is in the car and the car has left...

As soon as the child is in the car and the car has left the driveway the child will have to use the bathroom.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about children, use

General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a...

General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.

Quote by Jane Austen about friendship, man

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