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" Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke. "

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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" I like cats a lot. I've always liked cats. They're great company. When they eat, they always leave a little bit at the bottom of the bowl. A dog will polish the bowl, but a cat always leaves a little bit. It's like an offering. "

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" Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds. "

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" The greatest wealth is to live content with little. "

" Truth is, I'll never know all there is to know about you just as you will never know all there is to know about me. Humans are by nature too complicated to be understood fully. So, we can choose either to approach our fellow human beings with suspicion or to approach them with an open mind, a dash of optimism and a great deal of candour. "

" The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either. "

" A wedding, a great wedding, is just a blast. A celebration of romance and community and love... What is unfun about that? Nothing. "

" It's not like a boss and artist relationship; it's like a big brother to a younger brother relationship, and he's a great guy. So big shout-out to Akon and the Konvict Muzik crowd. "

" It is not, of course, complete yet - but some sentences were understood this afternoon... I feel that I have at last struck the solution of a great problem - and the day is coming when telegraph wires will be laid onto houses just like water or gas - and friends converse with each other without leaving home. "

Alexander Graham Bell

" Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting. "

" At the end of the day, you can't compete with Mother Nature. If you've got a great tomato, just a pinch of sea salt is all you need. "

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" Racing is a great mania to which one must sacrifice everything, without reticence, without hesitation. "

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