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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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Albert Einstein
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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
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Oscar Wilde,
The Happy Prince and Other Stories
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“Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.”
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Paul Terry
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“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
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Douglas Adams,
The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
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#5
“I love mankind ... it's people I can't stand!!”
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Charles M. Schulz
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#6
“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
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Terry Pratchett,
Jingo
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#7
“The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four people is suffering from a mental illness. Look at your 3 best friends. If they're ok, then it's you.”
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Rita Mae Brown
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#8
“I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally. ”
―
W.C. Fields
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#9
“My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best.”
―
Winston S. Churchill
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#10
“Everyone looks retarded once you set your mind to it.”
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David Sedaris
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#11
“If you're looking for sympathy you'll find it between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.”
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David Sedaris,
Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
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#12
“I'm the most important person in the lives of almost everyone I know and a good number of the people I've never even met.”
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David Sedaris
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