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• What makes a home home? Animals, and a little bit of clutter.

  Chevy Chase

  Home, Animal, Littles

  "Chevy Chase: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. September 23, 2010.

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• There's one little room in my house which is filled with all my clutter and bits and pieces. My sewing machine is up there, and all my knitting stuff. Its a place where I can go to relax and unwind. I don't get to spend a lot of time up there, but at least I know its there.

  Julia Roberts

  Knitting, House, Relax

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• Sadness is no more than a bit of acid transfixed in the cerebellum.

  Alan Lightman

  Depression, Sadness, Arousal

  Alan Lightman (2011). “Einstein's Dreams”, p.20, Vintage

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• It's like a kettle. If it's a kettle, you turn the kettle off, you know what I mean? I wish I could put a hole in my head and let the steam come out. The steam was getting so high and the pressure was just getting a little bit much for me.

  Frank Bruno

  Depression, Mean, Wish

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• The child learns to believe a host of things. I.e. it learns to act according to these beliefs. Bit by bit there forms a system of what is believed, and in that system some things stand unshakeably fast and some are more or less liable to shift. What stands fast does so, not because it is intrinsically obvious or convincing; it is rather held fast by what lies around it.

  Ludwig Wittgenstein

  Children, Lying, Believe

  Ludwig Wittgenstein (1969). “On Certainty”

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• I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet, they'd come and seek me out, we'd talk about the future. And I found that their depression and pessimism was every bit as acute as mine.

  Wole Soyinka

  Depression, Way, Pessimism

  FaceBook post by Wole Soyinka from Feb 22, 2015

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• I walk my dogs. I garden a little. I play a bit of tennis. Basically when I have spare time I'm making music.

  Bill Mumy

  Dog, Garden, Play

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• I do think the story in Halloween 5 is a bit stupid, and there's a lot more blood. They're obviously going to take the Halloween series in a different direction.

  Donald Pleasence

  Halloween, Stupid, Thinking

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• What does calling this medical care legislation "historic" mean? It means that previous administrations gave up the idea when it became clear that the voting public did not want government control of medical care. What is "historic" is that this will be the first administration to show that it doesn't care one bit what the public wants or doesn't want.

  Thomas Sowell

  Mean, Government, Ideas

  "Unhealthy Arrogance". www.realclearpolitics.com. December 29, 2009.

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• Plotting is like sex. Plotting is about desire and satisfaction, anticipation and release. You have to arouse your reader's desire to know what happens, to unravel the mystery, to see good triumph. You have to sustain it, keep it warm, feed it, just a little bit, not too much at a time, as your story goes on. That's called suspense. It can bring desire to a frenzy, in which case you are in a good position to bring off a wonderful climax.

  Colin Greenland

  Sex, Writing, Desire

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• The mind can store an estimated ioo trillion bits of information compared with which a computer's mere billions are virtually amnesiac.

  Sharon Begley

  Acceptance, Mind, Information

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• Please, try to eat a bit less meat, a bit more veggies from today. Let it become a habit gradually until not to eat meat anymore. Then, observe the changing of the body and spirit after eating veggies, fruits and grains.

  Gautama Buddha

  Kindness, Humility, Trying

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• O man, whoever you are and wherever you come from, for I know you will come, I am Cyrus who won the Persians their empire. Do not therefore begrudge me this bit of earth that covers my bones.

  Cyrus the Great

  Army, Men, Earth

  Epitaph to Cyrus. "Plutarch: The Age of Alexander". Book by Plutarch, translated by Ian Scott-Kilvert, p. 326, 1973.

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• Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.

  Austin O'Malley

  Dog, Revenge, Anger

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• He was a bit like a corkscrew. Twisted, cold and sharp.

  Kate Cruise O'Brien

  Sarcastic, Cold, Twisted

  Kate Cruise O'Brien (1980). “A gift horse, and other stories”, Olympic Marketing Corp

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  If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

  Herodotus

  Fun, Men, Knowing

  "The Histories" by Herodotus, Book 2, Ch. 173, c. 440 BC.

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• The path of compassion leads to the development of insight. But it doesn't work to say, "Ready, set, go! Be compassionate!" Beginning any practice depends on intention. Intention depends on intuiting-at least a little bit-the suffering inherent in the human condition and the pain we feel, and cause, when we act out of confusion. It also depends on trusting-at least a little bit-in the possibility of a contented, satisfied mind.

  Sylvia Boorstein

  Pain, Compassion, Practice

  Sylvia Boorstein, Ph.D. (2007). “Pay Attention, for Goodness' Sake: Practicing the Perfections of the Heart--The Buddhist Path of Kindness”, p.23, Ballantine Books

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• The funny thing is that the process of coming up with an idea for a column or a 'Candid Camera' sequence is essentially the same thing. I just live my life with eyes and ears perhaps a little bit wider open than some people. Whatever bothers me or seems off kilter or in need of parody-or on a serious subject, in need of examination-in the past I had done a sequence about it. Now I write a column about it.

  Peter Funt

  Art, Eye, Writing

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• I enjoy writing songs that could have been written before [my time]. When I feel like I'm tapping into a deep vein in the body of American music, it gives me strength as a writer, like I'm dipping my pen into a deep ink well. That's the folk music tradition. Like Pete Seeger said, 'Everyone's a link in the chain.' It's a strong chain, so rely on it. ... I believe it takes all those great songs in the past to make your song even a little bit good.

  Ketch Secor

  Song, Strong, Believe

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• You can spend a bit of yourself when you give yourself to a character. At the end of a job, you have to remind yourself who and what you are.

  Richard Armitage

  Jobs, Character, Giving

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• All the information in the universe, plus several bits from other dimensions that I'm still trying to sort out, have just been mainlined into my nervous system. The shards from a googleplex of infobits seem to be stuck in the part of my brain just above the pineal gland. Yes, I've just been reading Kenji Siratori again. This is my idea of a good time.

  R. U. Sirius

  Reading, Ideas, Brain

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• They are, all of them, born with raging fanaticism in their hearts, just as the Bretons and the Germans are born with blond hair. I would not be in the least bit surprised if these people would not some day become deadly to the human race.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Heart, Hair, Race

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• How happy I am to go to the front at last. To do my bit. To prove with my life what I think I feel.

  Ernst Toller

  Life, Thinking, Inspire

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• MCs get a little bit of love and think they hot,
  Talkin bout how much money they got...all y'all records sound the same.
  I'm sick of that fake thug, R&B-rap scenario, all day on the radio,
  Same scenes in the video, monotonous material.
  ...Y'all don't hear me though:
  These record labels slang our tapes like dope.
  You can be next in line and signed, and still be writing rhymes and broke.

  Stic.man

  Rap, Writing, Thug

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