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    Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve of shared experiences, all our pronouncements are checks drawn on insufficient funds.

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Bad experience is a school that only fools keep going to.

Bad experience is a school that only fools keep going to.

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Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.

Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.

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Wisdom begins in wonder.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

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The simplest explanation is that it doesn't make sense.

The simplest explanation is that it doesn't make sense.

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Respect is love in plain clothes.

Respect is love in plain clothes.

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I've learned that good-byes will always hurt, pictures will never replace having been there, memories good and bad will bring read more

I've learned that good-byes will always hurt, pictures will never replace having been there, memories good and bad will bring tears, and words can never replace feelings.

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Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; read more

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

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We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop read more

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit on a hot stove lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. -Mark Twain.

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Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities.

Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities.

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