The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions.
BILL VAUGHANThe Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won’t take it, but somebody always does.
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.
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Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career.
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There’s something about getting up at 5 a.m., feeding the stock and chickens, and milking a couple of cows before breakfast that gives you a lifelong respect for the price of butter and eggs.
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Contraries are cured by contraries.
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The best that can be said of you is that you got saved.
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Deep in the sea are riches beyond compare, But if you seek safety, it is on the shore.
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Do not believe a thing because you read it in a book! Do not believe a thing because another has said it so! Find out the truth for yourself.
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The Four Rules of Life: 1. Show Up 2. Pay Attention 3.Tell the Truth 4. Don’t be upset at the results.
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There is no real coming and going, For what is going but coming?
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The ideal Christmas gift is money, but the trouble is you can’t charge it.
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It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.
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Walk in awe, wonder, and humility. Walk at all times of day. In the early morning when the world is just waking up. Late at night under the stars. Along a busy city street at noontime.
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Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters.
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What’s wonderful is to read the different translations – some done in 1600 and some in 1900 – of the same passage. It’s fascinating to watch the same tale repeated in such a different way by two different centuries.
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One advantage to having a kid on the spectrum: they tend to be rule followers. Socially, things are harder for them than most kids.
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