Today's Quote

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What you can't get out of, get into wholeheartedly. ~Mignon McLaughlin

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"Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four."
- Katharine Hepburn

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Classic Quotes by Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) French writer
All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men.

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Be at the pains of putting down every single item of expenditure whatsoever every day which could possibly be twisted into a professional expense and remember to lump in all the doubtfulls.

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Be content to remember that those who can make omelettes properly can do nothing else.

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Child! Do not throw this book about; refrain from the unholy pleasure of cutting all the pictures out.

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From quiet homes and first beginning,Out to the undiscovered ends,There's nothing worth the wear of winning,But laughter and the love of friends.

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I am writing a book about the Crusades so dull that I can scarcely write it.

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I said to Heart, 'How goes it?' Heart replied: 'Right as a Ribstone Pippin!'

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I shoot the Hippopotamus with bullets made of platinum, because if I use the leaden one his hide is sure to flatten em.

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Old age is no place for sissies.
Bette Davis

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Originally Posted by Lotty

Old age is no place for sissies.
Bette Davis

I agree!

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Classic Quotes by Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) US writer

An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband.

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Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions.

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Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age.

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So long as we can lose any happiness, we possess some.

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There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink.

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"Nothing lowers the level of conversation more than raising
the voice."
--Stanley Horowitz

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"The manner in which it is given is worth more than the gift.
--Pierre Corneille

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Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
--Malcolm Forbes

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A friend is one of the nicest things you can have,
and one of the best things you can be. ~Douglas Pagels