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    The man who will follow precedent, but never create one, is merely an obvious example of the routineer. You find him desperately numerous in the civil service, in the official bureaus. To him government is something given as unconditionally, as absolutely as ocean or hill. He goes on winding the tape that he finds. His imagination has rarely extricated itself from under the administrative machine to gain any sense of what a human, temporary contraption the whole affair is. What he thinks is the heavens above him is nothing but the roof.

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The two most abundant things in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.

The two most abundant things in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.

by Harlan Ellison Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Prepare yourself for the world, as the athletes used to do for their exercise; oil your mind and your manners, read more

Prepare yourself for the world, as the athletes used to do for their exercise; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do.

by Lord Chesterfield Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.

The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.

by Colin Wilson Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that read more

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two kinds are most oddly jumbled in everyday affairs.

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Life is a sexually transmitted terminal disease.

Life is a sexually transmitted terminal disease.

by Lewis Grizzard Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Some men see things as they are and ask, 'why?' I dream things that never were and ask, 'why not?'"NB: read more

Some men see things as they are and ask, 'why?' I dream things that never were and ask, 'why not?'"NB: This quote is a paraphrase from a similar quote by G. B. Shaw.

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Serenity is knowing that your worst shot is still pretty good.

Serenity is knowing that your worst shot is still pretty good.

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Never frown...even when you're sad you never know when someone is falling in love with your smile.

Never frown...even when you're sad you never know when someone is falling in love with your smile.

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It's in the reaction of others that perfection is found in the flawed.

It's in the reaction of others that perfection is found in the flawed.

by Susie Switzer Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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