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Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their balance on it. Hunter S. Thompson

Survival Balance People Luck Wire Between Disaster Very Many Keep Thin

The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it. Hunter S. Thompson

World Sense Despite Perfect Clear Weird Make Still Efforts Place

Old-fashioned anti-immigrant prejudice always brings out some old-fashioned racists. Molly Ivins

Out Some Always Prejudice Racists Old-Fashioned Brings

When America's early pioneers first turned their eyes toward the West, they did not demand that somebody take care of them if they got ill or got old. They did not demand maximum pay for minimum work, and even pay for no work at all. Paul Harvey

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No one really has a bad life. Not even a bad day. Just bad moments. Regina Brett

Life Day Bad Day Bad No-One Just Really Moments Even

Even if one takes every reefer madness allegation of the prohibitionists at face value, marijuana prohibition has done far more harm to far more people than marijuana ever could. William F. Buckley, Jr.

People Madness Value Face Every Prohibition Face Value Allegation More More People Could Takes Than Done Far Even Ever Harm

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value. Charles Dudley Warner

Gift Value Lies Rather Excellence Than

Life and consciousness are the two great mysteries. Actually, their substrates are the inanimate. And how do you get from neurons shooting around in the brain to the thought that pops up in your head and mine? There's something deeply mysterious about that. And if you're not struck by the mystery, I think you haven't thought about it. Charles Krauthammer

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Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. Dave Barry

Sleeping Circumstances Take Never Pill Same Any Any Circumstances Night

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. Doug Larson

Life People Important Important Things Poles Concentrated Fishing Shortage Really Things

A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween. Erma Bombeck

You Halloween Pretends Know She Grandmother Who

I am a generous man, by nature, and far more trusting than I should be. Indeed. The real world is risky territory for people with generosity of spirit. Beware. Hunter S. Thompson

When it comes to racism, discrimination, corruption, public lies, dictatorships, and human rights, you have to take a stand as a reporter because I think our responsibility as journalist is to confront those who are abusing power. Jorge Ramos

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The trouble with blaming powerless people is that although it's not nearly as scary as blaming the powerful, it does miss the point. Poor people do not shut down factories... Poor people didn't decide to use 'contract employees' because they cost less and don't get any benefits. Molly Ivins

People Benefits Trouble Employees Down Cost Scary Blaming Point Factories Miss Powerful Powerless Although Because Does Contract Get Any Decide Poor Poor People Use Less Nearly Shut

It would be a much better country if women did not vote. That is simply a fact. In fact, in every presidential election since 1950 - except Goldwater in '64 - the Republican would have won, if only the men had voted. Ann Coulter

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If Sunday is the Lord's day, then Saturday belongs to the Devil. It is the only night of the week when he gives out Free passes to the Late show at the Too Much Fun Club. Hunter S. Thompson

March is a month without mercy for rabid basketball fans. There is no such thing as a 'gentleman gambler' when the Big Dance rolls around. All sheep will be fleeced, all fools will be punished severely... There are no Rules when the deal goes down in the final weeks of March. Even your good friends will turn into monsters. Hunter S. Thompson

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I've studied pathological liars, and anything they say, they believe, and that's one of the reasons they're so convincing, because they have no connection with the truth. It's a dead issue. It's like they're color-blind to the truth. So anything that comes out of their mouths is their reality. Jane Velez-Mitchell

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Resilience isn't a single skill. It's a variety of skills and coping mechanisms. To bounce back from bumps in the road as well as failures, you should focus on emphasizing the positive. Jean Chatzky

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You can't please everyone, and you can't make everyone like you. Katie Couric

You Please Everyone Everyone Please Like Make

Fun is like life insurance; the older you get, the more it costs. Kin Hubbard

Life You Older Life Insurance More Costs Like Insurance Get Fun

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