Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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The Government cannot afford to have a country made up entirely of rich people, because rich people pay so little tax that the Government would quickly go bankrupt. This is why Government men always tell us that labor is man's noblest calling. Government needs labor to pay its upkeep.

Russell Baker's Popular Quotes

Listen once in a while. It's amazing what you can hear.

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Reality is the only obstacle to happiness.

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The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist.

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The best advice I can give anybody about going out into the world is this: Don't do it. I have been out there. It is a mess....

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The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writ…

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An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictiti…

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The people who say: 'You are what you eat' have always seemed addled to me. In my opinion, you are what you think, and if you don't think, you can ea…

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Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in small doses.

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Life is always walking up to us and saying, "Come on in, the living's fine," and what do we do? Back off and take its picture.

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