The Frictionary # 149

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1396. God doesn't have any grandchildren. (Eli Stanley Jones)

1397. Truth is reality. (Mary Caroline Richards)

1398. Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. (Tenzin Gyatso*)
* Tenzin Gyatso is the 14th Dalai Lama.

1399. The rabbit's foot is a more efficient lucky charm if it comes from a rabbit that's been fed four-leaf clover. (Pierre Légaré)

1400. Noah was a brave man to sail in a wooden boat with termites. (?)

1401. The waste basket is a writer's best friend. (Isaac Bashevis Singer)

1402. Do not squander time for that is the stuff life is made of. (Benjamin Franklin)

1403. I suppose one has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience. (Alice James)

1404. Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. (Aldous Huxley)

1405. Be yourself. Who else is better qualified? (Frank J. Giblin II)

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The Frictionary # 148

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1386. When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism. (David Starr Jordan)

1387. Hope is grief's best music. (Henry G. Bohn)

1388. It's so much cuter to be told
You're a moron,
In a song. (Michel Sardou)

1389. You know your god is man-made when he hates all the same people you do. (?)

1390. If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me. (Italian proverb)

1391. Solitude vivifies, loneliness kills. (Joseph Roux)

1392. Somewhere on this globe every 10 seconds there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped. (Sam Levenson)

1393. A day at the fair starts rampant and eager and ends with balloons sagging and stomachs queasy - which is not a bad summary of life itself. (David Von Drehle)

1394. Whenever we think of the importance of faithfulness, we always think of the other's faithfulness. (Michel Dorais)

1395. We break others, get broken ourselves, rinse and repeat. (Anna Zerkidou)

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The Frictionary # 147

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1376. He who cannot lie does not know what the truth is. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

1377. It's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. (Matt Damon)

1378. Despair is the only mark of equality amongst humans. (Jacques Roumain)

1379. What language do all programmers use? Profanity. (?)

1380. Teachers are great chroniclers of the future. They tell us that the adults of tomorrow will confuse lack and emptiness, darkness and obscurity, absence and desire, self-esteem and brontosaurus poop. (Pierre Foglia)

1381. A consultant is someone who saves his client almost enough to pay his fee. (Arnold H. Glasow)

1382. (T)he only unnatural sex act is one that can't be performed. (Alfred Kinsey)

1383. (I)n politics, you are who you pretend to be. (Michael Kinsley)

1384. Imagine if birds were tickled by feathers. (Steven Wright)

1385. Satisfaction is not easy because it is the end. (Carlos Gavito)

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