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I can't stand people who say 'I told you so.' That's worse than somebody coming up and eating your dinner before you have a chance to sit down.

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Lloyd Alexander
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2007
Died: May 17
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Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Chudley Alexander
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Eating
Coming
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Somebody
Stand
Chance
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Dinner

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Most cats do not approach humans recklessly. The possibility of concealed weapons, clods or sticks, tend to make them reserved. Homeless cats in particular-with some justification, unfortunately-consider humans their natural enemies. Much ceremony must be observed, and a number of diplomatic feelers put out, before establishing a state of truce.
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Child, child, do you not see? For each of us comes a time when we must be more than what we are.
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If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.
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A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.
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A man who claims to be fearless is an idiot or a liar.
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