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Carl Jung

Carl Jung

Where love rules, there is

Where love rules, there is no will to power; where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.
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Jean Kerr

Jean Kerr

I'm tired of all this

I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What do you want --an adorable pancreas?
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P. Dan Wiwchar

P. Dan Wiwchar

Your brain can only absorb

Your brain can only absorb what your ass can endure.
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Jean Kerr

Jean Kerr

If you can keep your

If you can keep your head about you when all about you are losing theirs, its just possible you haven't grasped the situation.
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Jean Kerr

Jean Kerr

Being divorced is like being

Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully to the right and to the left.
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Jonar Nader

Jonar Nader

Diplomacy is only important when

Diplomacy is only important when the other party has the upper hand.
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Tom Lehrer

Tom Lehrer

I wish people who have

I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up.
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Emeasoba George

Emeasoba George

Whatever that happens to you

Whatever that happens to you in life has a spiritual significance. I mean, it could be a lesson, test, trial, redirection or something to strengthen your faith/courage in God i.e. there is a reason behind every issue/matter of life. Besides, the lessons of life that you are meant to learn out of every issue/matter are as well stepping stones of faith to take you to a higher plains of belief/faith in God. So, you've got to acknowledge all that in order not to be bothered by any issue/matter.
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MCclane Otim Derick

MCclane Otim Derick

for every one to reach

for every one to reach the mountain top of his or her desire its really a hustle and hard work
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Tom Zegan

Tom Zegan

Personally I don't care to

Personally I don't care to watch a bunch of millionaires throw balls at each other.
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Tom Zegan

Tom Zegan

Never judge a book by

Never judge a book by it's cover . . . judge it by it's price.
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Jack Handey

Jack Handey

Children need encouragement. So if

Children need encouragement. So if a kid gets an answer right, tell him it was a lucky guess. That way, he develops a good, lucky feeling.
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Frank Herbert

Frank Herbert

Fear is the mind killer

Fear is the mind killer
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Volodymyr Knyr

Volodymyr Knyr

People care about none but

People care about none but only those well-known.
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Tom Zegan

Tom Zegan

There is a big difference

There is a big difference between Assigned Prestige and Achieved Prestige. Assigned Prestige will usually abuse it's power where Achieved Prestige won't.
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Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Never do anything that you

Never do anything that you aren't prepared to face the true consequences of.
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Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey

Back to you...........f*ckers! Said while

Back to you...........f*ckers!" Said while speaking on live television from Niagra Falls.
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Tom Zegan

Tom Zegan

Math Problem: What does Three

Math Problem: What does Three take away Two equal? I can prove that Three take away Two equals Two. Don't believe me? OK, you have Three apples I take away Two apples, how many apples do I have?
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Charles Eddie Wiseman

Charles Eddie Wiseman

We're going to raise a

We're going to raise a lost generation of children unless they are properly disciplined and properly spanked.
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Tom Zegan

Tom Zegan

You hear preachers say that

You hear preachers say that the prosperity gospel doesn't work but I say that it's worked for the preachers who preach it.
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Tom Zegan

Tom Zegan

The first time I ever

The first time I ever did standup a guy yelled out "Down in front.
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Terpsichore Lindeman

Terpsichore Lindeman

If you burn a bridge

If you burn a bridge be prepared to swim.
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Tom Zegan

Tom Zegan

When I die I want

When I die I want my tomb stone to say "See, I told you I was sick.
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S. E. Lindsay

S. E. Lindsay

Engineering is the practice of

Engineering is the practice of safe and economic application of the scientific laws governing the forces and materials of nature by means of organization, design and construction, for the general benefit of mankind.
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