Food is a subject of conversation more spiritually refreshing even than the weather, for the number of possible remarks about the weather is limited, whereas of food you can talk on and on and on.
A. A. MILNEDoing nothing often leads to the very best of something.
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Life is so much friendlier with two.
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A pekingeese is not a pet dog; he is an undersized lion.
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Some have brains, and some haven’t, and there it is.
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I do remember, and then when I try to remember, I forget.
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Think, think, think.
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Let’s begin by taking a smallish nap or two.
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Think it over, think it under.
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Chess has this in common with making poetry; that the desire for it comes upon the amateur in gusts.
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Any day spent with you is my favorite day. So today is my new favorite day.
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It gets you nowhere if the other person’s tail is only just in sight for the second half of the conversation.
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People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.
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Organization is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it’s not all mixed up.
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A writer wants something more than money for his work: he wants permanence.
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Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.
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What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.
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A Fly can’t bird, but a bird can fly.
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Tigers don’t like honey.
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Forever isn’t long at all, as long as I’m with you.
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No sensible author wants anything but praise.
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If you were a bird, and lived on high, You’d lean on the wind when the wind came by, You’d say to the wind when it took you away: ‘That’s where I wanted to go today!
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Good judgment comes from experience, and experience – well, that comes from poor judgment.
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Doing nothing often leads to the very best of something.
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She would know a good thing to do without thinking about it.
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When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen.
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If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.
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Some people care too much. I think it’s called love.
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