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Ambrose Inspirational Quotes (1077)

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DAY, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. This period is divided into two parts, the day proper and the night, or day improper - the former devoted to sins of business, the latter consecrated to the other sort.
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The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity.
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OPIATE, n. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard.
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PHONOGRAPH, n. An irritating toy that restores life to dead noises.
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The rich women, to avoid dividing the inheritance among many, kill their own fetus in the womb and with murderous juices extinguish in the genital chamber their children.
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Noise: a stench in the ear.
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RACK, n. An argumentative implement formerly much used in persuading devotees of a false faith to embrace the living truth. As a call to the unconverted the rack never had any particular efficacy, and is now held in light popular esteem.
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The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.
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REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter
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PENITENT, adj. Undergoing or awaiting punishment.
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Mad adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence not conforming to standards of thought, speech, and action derived by the conformants from study of themselves at odds with the majority in short, unusual. It is noteworthy that persons are pronounced mad by officials destitute of evidence that they themselves are sane.
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PREHISTORIC, adj. Belonging to an early period and a museum. Antedating the art and practice of perpetuating falsehood.
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The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.
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BEGGAR, n. One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.
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HOSPITALITY, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging.
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Epitaph: An inscription on a tomb showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect.
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SYCOPHANT- One who approaches Greatness on his belly so that he may not be commanded to turn and be kicked. He is sometimes an editor.
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I saw Food, Inc. last night - it was like a horror movie. I'm definitely thinking about my food supply now and how I want to grow my own.
Lauren Ambrose
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Hash, x. There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is. Famous, adj. Conspicuously miserable. Dictionary, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful work.
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TABLE D'HOTE, n. A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irresponsibility.
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I was too young for Korea and too old for Vietnam.
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actually, adv. Perhaps possibly.
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The clarinet is a musical instrument the only thing worse than which is two.
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A man is the sum of his ancestors to reform him you must begin with a dead ape and work downward through a million graves.
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