“Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem.”
Woody Allen, quoted in the Monterey County, Calif., Herald
“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.”
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“If Mark Twain had had Twitter, he would have been amazing at it. But he probably wouldn’t have gotten around to writing Huckleberry Finn.”
Humorist Andy Borowitz, quoted in The Village Voice
“Many of life’s failures are men who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
Thomas Edison, quoted in the Los Angeles Times
“Chastity—the most unnatural of all the sexual perversions.”
Aldous Huxley, quoted in Allure
“Alcohol may lead nowhere, but it sure is the scenic route.”
Molly Ivins, quoted in Backstage.com
“If you survive long enough, you are revered, rather like an old building.”
Katharine Hepburn, quoted in The Wall Street Journal
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