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    Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact that most of the true believers are under eight years old, and that's a pity.

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Physicians are beginning to understand that the only way they'll get in trouble is if they don't do what the read more

Physicians are beginning to understand that the only way they'll get in trouble is if they don't do what the patient wanted -- that's why this case is important.

by George Annas Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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One has no great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound.

One has no great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound.

by Jane Austen Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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represented the generation of young Scots who fought in the First World War, and endured unimaginable horrors.

represented the generation of young Scots who fought in the First World War, and endured unimaginable horrors.

by Alfred Anderson Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one's needs.

I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one's needs.

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Everyday of my life I am forced to add another name to the list of people who piss me off.

Everyday of my life I am forced to add another name to the list of people who piss me off.

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A lot of people don't want to do any of the legwork themselves. They've spent their whole life working and read more

A lot of people don't want to do any of the legwork themselves. They've spent their whole life working and doing everything and now they are retired and want to be utterly pampered.

by James Ashurst Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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They've done a pretty good job given that it was a very promotional year.

They've done a pretty good job given that it was a very promotional year.

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A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at read more

A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically.

by Diane Ackerman Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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I have always believed that astrophysics should be the extrapolation of laboratory physics, that we must begin from the present read more

I have always believed that astrophysics should be the extrapolation of laboratory physics, that we must begin from the present universe and work our way backward to progressively more remote and uncertain epochs.

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