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    Some men see things as they are and ask, 'why?' I dream things that never were and ask, 'why not?'"NB: This quote is a paraphrase from a similar quote by G. B. Shaw.

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What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo read more

What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.

by Ernest Dimnet Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, read more

The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain extent, to communicate his misery. He frightens other people as much as they frighten him. He acts like a damper upon the whole room, and the most jovial spirits become, in his presence, depressed and nervous.

by Jerome K. Jerome Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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People generally treat me like I'm very intelligent and really, I'm much less intelligent than she is. Scully is insanely read more

People generally treat me like I'm very intelligent and really, I'm much less intelligent than she is. Scully is insanely intelligent.

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To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and whatever you hit call it the target.

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and whatever you hit call it the target.

by Ashleigh Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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All of us are watchers -- of television, of time clocks, of traffic on the freeway -- but few are read more

All of us are watchers -- of television, of time clocks, of traffic on the freeway -- but few are observers. Everyone is looking, not many are seeing.

by Peter M. Leschak Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at read more

A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home.

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free.

Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free.

by Bhagavad Gita Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Bluntness is a virtue.

Bluntness is a virtue.

by Allison Ling Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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We hear about constitutional rights, free speech and the free press. Every time I hear those words I say to read more

We hear about constitutional rights, free speech and the free press. Every time I hear those words I say to myself, "That man is a Red, that man is a Communist." You never heard a real American talk in that manner.

by Frank Hague Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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