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    Kerry Greenwood
    “There are good sailors. Well, some good sailors. In a way they are ideal as husbands. They drop in every six months for a wild celebration, then they drop out again before one gets bored with their company or annoyed with by their habits.”
    ― Kerry Greenwood, Queen of the Flowers
    tags: husbands, sailors
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    Kerry Greenwood
    “I'm concealing a lot of things. That's what a lady does.”
    ― Kerry Greenwood, Queen of the Flowers
    tags: humor
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    Corrie ten Boom
    “Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”
    ― Corrie Ten Boom, Clippings from My Notebook
    tags: strength, worry
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    Jules Verne
    “The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides. The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the Living Infinite. ”
    ― Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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    George W. Bush
    “One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.”
    ― George W. Bush
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    George W. Bush
    “They misunderestimated me.”
    ― George W. Bush
    tags: dumb, gibberish
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    George W. Bush
    “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
    ― George W. Bush
    tags: bushism, dumb, humor
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    Will Rogers
    “There are three kinds of men. The ones that learn by readin’. The few who learn by observation.
    The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.”
    ― Will Rogers
    tags: experience, learning
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  • #9
    “There is nothing sexier than sword fight.”
    ― Stana Katic
    tags: analyze, banter, brain-sex, debate, discussion, love, lovers, sexy, swordfight, think, thought-provoking
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  • #10
    Randy Pausch
    “I don't believe in the no-win scenario”
    ― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture
    tags: randy-pausch, the-last-lecture
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    William Goldman
    “He held up a book then. “I'm going to read it to you for relax.”
    “Does it have any sports in it?”
    “Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True Love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest Ladies. Snakes. Spiders... Pain. Death. Brave men. Cowardly men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles.”
    “Sounds okay,” I said and I kind of closed my eyes.”
    ― William Goldman, The Princess Bride
    tags: adventure, reading
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    William Goldman
    “Who are you?"
    "No one of consequence."
    "I must know."
    "Get used to disappointment.”
    ― William Goldman, The Princess Bride
    tags: anonymity, consequence, identity, importance, inquisitiveness
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    William Goldman
    “I've been saying it so long to you, you just wouldn't listen. Every time you said 'Farm Boy do this' you thought I was answering 'As you wish' but that's only because you were hearing wrong. 'I love you' was what it was, but you never heard.”
    ― William Goldman, The Princess Bride
    tags: codes, devotion, ignorance, love
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    William Goldman
    “As you wish...”
    ― William Goldman, The Princess Bride
    tags: romances
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    William Goldman
    “Fool!" cried the hunchback. "You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia,' but only slightly less well known is this: 'Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.”
    ― William Goldman, The Princess Bride
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    William Goldman
    “Have fun storming the castle!”
    ― William Goldman, The Princess Bride
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    William Goldman
    “Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.”
    ― William Goldman , The Princess Bride
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    William Goldman
    “Westley: Hear this now: I will always come for you.
    Buttercup: But how can you be sure?
    Westley: This is true love-you think this happens every day?


    Westley: I told you I would always come for you. Why didn't you wait for me?
    Buttercup: Well...you were dead.
    Westley: Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.
    Buttercup: i will never doubt again.
    Westley: There will never be a need.”
    ― William Goldman
    tags: princess-bride
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    William Goldman
    “Miracle Max: Have fun stormin' da castle.
    Valerie: Think it'll work?
    Miracle Max: It would take a miracle.”
    ― William Goldman , The Princess Bride
    tags: miracle
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    William Goldman
    “When I was your age, television was called books.”
    ― William Goldman, The Princess Bride
    tags: book, fantasy, humour
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    William Goldman
    “Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.”
    ― William Goldman, Four Screenplays with Essays: Marathon Man - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - The Princess Bride - Misery
    tags: life, pain
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    Frances Mayes
    “Life offers you a thousand chances... all you have to do is take one.”
    ― Frances Mayes, Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy
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    Frances Mayes
    “Any arbitrary turning along the way and I would be elsewhere; I would be different.”
    ― Frances Mayes, Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy
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    Frances Mayes
    “There is no technique, there is just the way to do it.
    Now, are we going to measure or are we going to cook?”
    ― Frances Mayes, Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy
    tags: food
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    Groucho Marx
    “Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
    ― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
    tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor
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    Groucho Marx
    “When you're in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, 'Damn, that was fun'.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: friends, humor, jail
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    Groucho Marx
    “From the moment I picked up your book until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: books, humor, reading
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    Groucho Marx
    “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: attributed-no-source
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    Groucho Marx
    “Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men -- the other 999 follow women.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: leadership
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    Groucho Marx
    “Just give me a comfortable couch, a dog, a good book, and a woman. Then if you can get the dog to go somewhere and read the book, I might have a little fun.”
    ― Groucho Marx
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