People permit life to slide past them like a deft pickpocket, their purse-not yet missed and now too … - Edna Ferber

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I've come to the point where I never feel the need to stop and evaluate whether or not I am happy. I'm just 'being', and without question, by default, it works.

Edna Ferber

People permit life to slide past them like a deft pickpocket, their purse-not yet missed and now too late-in his hand.

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Roast Beef, Medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy. Seated at Life's Dining Table, with the menu of Morals before you, your eye wanders a bit over the entrees, the hors d'oeuvres, and the things a la though you know that Roast Beef, Medium, is safe and sane, and sure.

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Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.

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