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I feel I grew up in a different century than I live in. I think most of them are changes for the good.

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Kurt Vonnegut

A joke is like building a mousetrap from scratch. You have to work pretty hard to make the thing snap when it is supposed to snap.

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For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course, that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere. "Blessed are the merciful" in a courtroom? "Blessed are the peacemakers" in the Pentagon? Give me a break!

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Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.

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It's a terrible waste to be happy and not notice it.

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True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

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The secret to success in any human endeavor is total concentration.

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