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• On an otherwise normal Tuesday evening I had the chance to live the American Dream. I was able to throw my incompetent jackass of a boss from a fourteenth-story window.

  Larry Correia

  Dream, Tuesday, Boss

  Larry Correia (2015). “Monster Hunter International, Second Edition”, p.6, Baen Publishing Enterprises

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• How about this?" I said, because now it was the principle of the thing. "I'm sorry, jackass.

  Rosemary Clement-Moore

  Sorry, Principles, Said

  Rosemary Clement-Moore (2011). “Texas Gothic”, p.157, Random House

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• So release yourself from that. Don't be strategic or coy. Strategic and coy are for jackasses. Be brave. Be authentic. Practice saying the word 'love' to the people you love so when it matters the most to say it, you will.

  Cheryl Strayed

  Practice, People, Brave

  Cheryl Strayed (2013). “Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There”, p.18, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• You stupid jackass," Ian said. "Who's got the crush on a worm, bro? You gonna call me stupid?

  Stephenie Meyer

  Crush, Stupid, Bros

  Stephenie Meyer (2009). “The Host”, p.307, Hachette UK

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• We like to pretend that our generous impulses come naturally. But the reality is we often become our kindest, most ethical selves only by seeing what it feels like to be a selfish jackass first. It's the reason... we have to get burned before we understand the power of fire; the reason our most meaningful relationships are so often those that continued beyond the very juncture at which they came the closest to ending.

  Cheryl Strayed

  Meaningful, Selfish, Reality

  "Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar". Book by Cheryl Strayed, July 10, 2012.

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• Air ye deaf, lass?" I think. He might have called me a hairy jackass

  Karen Marie Moning

  Thinking, Air, Might

  Karen Marie Moning (2006). “Darkfever: Fever Series”, p.24, Delacorte Press

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• When people say that animal rescuers are crazy, what they really mean is that animal rescuers share a number of fundamental beliefs that makes them easy to marginalize. Among those is the belief that Rene Descartes was a jackass.

  Steven Kotler

  Crazy, Mean, Animal

  Steven Kotler (2011). “A Small Furry Hope: Dog Rescue and the Meaning of Life”, p.174, A&C Black

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• All work and no play may make Jim a dull boy, but no work and all play makes Jim all kinds of a jackass.

  William Randolph Hearst

  Boys, Play, Dull

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• I guess it’s true what they say," observed Jace. "There are no straight men in the trenches." "That’s atheists, jackass," said Simon furiously. "There are no atheists in the trenches.

  Cassandra Clare

  Atheist, Men, Jace

  Cassandra Clare (2009). “City of Ashes”, p.180, Simon and Schuster

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• Moi?” He put his hand over his heart and did his best wounded-innocent look. “You must be thinking of some other uncouth jackass. Which makes me jealous, by the way.

  Rachel Caine

  Jealous, Heart, Thinking

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• In the land of bleating sheep and braying jackasses, one brave and honest man is bound to create a scandal.

  Edward Abbey

  Men, Sheep, Land

  Edward Abbey (2006). “Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast”

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• It was only then I realized I didn't know the name of Elodin's class. I leafed through the ledger until I spotted Elodin's name, then ran my finger back to where the title of the class was listed in fresh dark ink: "Introduction to Not Being a Stupid Jackass." I sighed and penned my name in the single blank space beneath.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Stupid, Dark, Class

  Patrick Rothfuss (2011). “The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two”, p.111, Penguin

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• Jessica: “You great drunken jackass!” Dain: “I did not give you leave to use my Christian name.

  Loretta Chase

  Christian, Names, Giving

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• Jackass millionaires, hey, hey, Hollywood, here we come.

  Brad Paisley

  Art, Media, Hey

  Song: Celebrity Brad Paisley, Album: Mud On The Tires, 2003

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• The jackasses at Elections Canada are out of control.

  Stephen Harper

  Canada, Election

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• A senator got up today in Congress and called his fellow senators sons of wild jackasses. Now, if you think the senators were hot, imagine how the jackasses must feel.

  Will Rogers

  Son, Thinking, Hot

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• Did you ever know that you're a jackass?

  Chris Jericho

  Wwe, Knows

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• I was a jackass in many ways. I projected that cruelty towards others, that kid whose hand I was wringing. If I could have hurt a hundred weaklings - weaker than me, and I was already very weak - I would. I was dying to hurt somebody, to pay it forward.

  Gary Shteyngart

  Hurt, Kids, Hands

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Friends don't let Jackasses drink and drive.

  Roger Ebert

  Drink, Drink And Drive

  Twitter post from Jun 20, 2011

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• Sagebrush is a very fair fuel, but as a vegetable it is a distinguished failure. Nothing can abide the taste of it but the jackass and his illegitimate child the mule.

  Mark Twain

  Children, Vegetables, Fuel

  Mark Twain (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)”, p.4619, Delphi Classics

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• Knowledge is like the carrot, few know by looking at the green top that the best part, the orange part, is there. Like the carrot, if you don't work for it, it will wither away and rot. And finally, like the carrot, there are a great many donkeys and jackasses that are associated with it.

  Nasreddin

  Orange, Green, Great Men

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• My proudest moment was when I was in high school, some jackass tried to give me a wedgy. I came prepared, I went commando. It tickled.

  Jared Leto

  School, Giving, Moments

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• The time has come when I am for everybody fighting the rebels. Let Indians fight them; let the Negroes fight them; and if you have got any strong-legged jackasses in Iwoa that can kick rebels to death, they have my hearty consent.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Strong, War, Fighting

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• How to Comfort Yourself When You Have Acted Like a Jackass
  Everyone does this occasionally, and you shouldn't feel too upset about it unless it happens quite often, such as three times a day, in which case you must simply get used to it. Remember, other people like you as well or better for it, because it makes them feel so superior; so you've spread a little sunshine. And at the very least, you've served as a bad example.

  Peg Bracken

  Sunshine, People, Upset

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• It didn’t make any more sense to me then than it does now, how life can pile troubles up on a man what don’t deserve them, while letting some of the biggest jackasses and scoundrels alive waltz their way through long, untroubled existences.

  Caleb Carr

  Men, Long, Alive

  Caleb Carr (2010). “The Angel of Darkness”, p.13, Ballantine Books

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