"The success or failure of a life, as far as posterity goes, seems to lie in the more or less luck of seizing the right moment of escape."
-Alice James
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"One has a greater sense of degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.“
-Alice James
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"How sick one gets of being 'good,' how much I should respect myself if I could burst out and make everyone wretched for twenty-four hours embody selfishness."
-Alice James
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"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
-Marilyn Monroe
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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
-Robert Frost
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"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved."
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"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."
-Mark Twain
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"Jobs for every American is doomed to failure because of modern automation and production. We ought to recognize it and create an income-maintenance system so every single American has the dignity and the wherewithal for shelter, basic food, and medical care. I'm talking about welfare for all. Without it, you're going to have warfare for all."
-Jerry Brown
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"When I went to the University, the medical school was the only place where one could hope to find the means to study life, its nature, its origins, and its ills."
-Albert Claude
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