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There are those, I know, who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is the American dream. ~Archibald MacLeish



The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem. ~Theodore Rubin



Everything you can imagine is real. ~Pablo Picasso



Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk. ~Henry David Thoreau



Driving a brand new car feels like driving around in an open billfold with the dollars flapping by your ears as they fly out the window. ~Grey Livingston



You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. ~Winston Churchill



To wash one's hair, make one's toilet, and put on scented robes; even if not a soul sees one, these preparations still produce an inner pleasure. ~Sei Shonagon



Avoid all needle drugs - the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon. ~Abbie Hoffman



Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve. ~Erich Fromm, Man for Himself, 1947



No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb



For every "Drive Safely" sign, shouldn't there be a "Resume Normal Driving" sign? ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



In the strict scientific sense we all feed on death - even vegetarians. ~Star Trek, "Wolf in the Fold," Mr. Spock



To accept on faith is the basic requirement for getting on with life. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. ~Edmund Hillary



How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book. ~Henry David Thoreau, Walden



Dick Cheney had a mild heart attack, but they say he'll soon be able to resume his regular activities. I thought having heart attacks was his regular activity. Anyway, since he's a Republican, the heart isn't a major organ. ~Jay Leno



The most difficult part of attaining perfection is finding something to do for an encore. ~Author Unknown



It's no fun to be yellow. Maybe I'm not all yellow. I don't know. I think maybe I'm just partly yellow and partly the type that doesn't give much of a damn if they lose their gloves. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 13



The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead. ~Robert Brault



The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it. ~P.J. O'Rourke