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   A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.
  ~Author : Edward de Bono Famous Nice Quotations x

   The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets.
  ~Author : Unknown Inspirational Sayings

   That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.
  ~Author : Aldous Huxley Nice Quotes

   Offensiveness is a necessary consequence of opinions strongly held and openly expressed, and free societies should treasure and protect it. An idea that offends no one is not worth entertaining.
  ~Author : Unknown Great Quotations Sayings

   Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.
  ~Author : Ashley Montague Meaningful Nice Sayings

   After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity.
  ~Author : George Ade Fables in Slang 1899 Popular Sayings

   The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistant, persuasive and unrealistic.
  ~Author : John Fitzgerald Kennedy Wise Quotations Quotes

   The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.
  ~Author : Mark Twain Witty Sayings

   I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it.
  ~Author : Voltaire Motivational Sayings

   After the bare requisites of living and reproducing, man wants most to leave some record of himself, a proof, perhaps, that he has really existed. He leaves his proof on wood, on stone, or on the lives of other people. This deep desire exists in everyone, from the boy who scribbles on a wall to the Buddha who etches his image in the race mind. Life is so unreal. I think that we seriously doubt that we exist and go about trying to prove that we do.
  ~Author : John Steinbeck The Pastures of Heaven p 56 Famous Quotes

   The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents and impresses us with the belief that such needs, passions and interests are the sole spring of actions.
  ~Author : Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Inspirational Sayings

   We strain to renew our capacity for wonder, to shock ourselves into astonishment once again.
  ~Author : Shana Alexander Nice Quotes