"It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle."

-- Bryant H. McGill

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“Conscience is the still small voice that has been trying since the infancy of our species to tell us that we are evolutionarily, emotionally, and spiritually One, and that if we seek peace and happiness, we must behave that way.”

Source : Martha Stout, Ph.D. (2005). “The Sociopath Next Door”, p.216, Harmony
“Call saw that everyone was looking at him, the hands and cowboys and townspeople alike. The anger had drained out of him, leaving him feeling tired. He didn't remember the fight, particularly, but people were looking at him as if they were stunned. He felt he should make some explanation, though it seemed to him a simple situation. "I hate a man that talks rude," he said. "I won't tolerate it.”
“I was planning on starting a new file on my computer with the title "Phrases That Sound One Way to Witches but Mean Something Else to Vampires.”
“Every team has a hard man. We has Nobby Stiles, Chelsea had Chopper, Arsenal had Peter Storey, Liverpool had Tommy Smith. Leeds had eleven of them”
“It's incredible how much intelligence is used in this world to prove nonsense.”
“I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of being on stage. That was the only thing that interested me, along with learning the craft and working, and just being in productions with people.”
“Gay people are not in the habit of thinking of ourselves as leading our civilization, and yet we do.”
“As so often happens, I discover that it would have been better to keep my mouth shut.”

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