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How many times had those awful words - "I know what I'm doing" - been uttered throughout history as prelude to disaster?

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And each year now
we know more, but we know no better —
what we see in the sky is simply
the softened gloss of the past sifting
back to us, and likewise, every atom
down the body's shining length
was inside a star, and will be again.

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Nothing raises the national temperature more than a VACANCY sign hanging from the colonnaded front of the Supreme Court.

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The vice-president's tongue is several time zones ahead of his brain.

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This dead of midnight is the noon of thought, And Wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars. At this still hour the self-collected soul Turns inward, and beholds a stranger there Of high descent, and more than mortal rank; An embryo God; a spark of fire divine.
Anna Laetitia Barbauld

Christopher Buckley

Christopher Buckley
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Born: September 28, 1952 (age 73)
Known for:
  1. Boomsday (2007)
  2. Thank You for Smoking (1994)
  3. Supreme Courtship (2008)
  4. Florence of Arabia (2004)
  5. The White House Mess (1986)

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If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.

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I have a heart with room for every joy.

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Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive.

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A great change in life is like a cold bath in winter — we all hesitate at the first plunge.

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