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“Reality is nothing more than a collective hunch.”

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Lily Tomlin is an American actress, comedian, writer, and singer, born on September 1, 1939. Known for her unique sense of humor and profound character portrayals, she is one of the most celebrated comedians of the 20th century. more

“But, as Douglas E Harding has pointed out, we tend to think of this planet as a life-infested rock, which is as absurd as thinking of the human body as a cell infested skeleton. Surely all forms of life, including man, must be understood as "symptoms" of the earth, the solar system, and the galaxy in which case we cannot escape the conclusion that the galaxy is intelligent.”

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Author:Alan Watts

“He who has few things to desire cannot have many to fear.”

Desire

Book:Complete writings: with variant readings

Source: Complete writings: with variant readings

“If you have a pulse, you're going to have pain.”

Ifs Pain Pulse

Author:Max Lucado

“Sleep knits up the raveled sleeve of care.”

Care Sleep Sleeves Macbeth Sleep

Book:The Tragedy of Macbeth

Source: The Tragedy of Macbeth

“The best advice I've heard was from a lady in her 80s at my grandmother's 90th birthday. I was telling her how wonderful my children are. She said, "Don't forget your husband: you only borrow your children; your husband you'll have for ever."”

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Author:Davina McCall

“If you are greeted then return the greetings more warmly. If you are favored, then repay the obligation manifold; but he who takes the initiative will always excel in merit.”

Ifs Return Obligation Merit Initiative Greetings Manifold

Author:Ali ibn Abi Talib

“Each of us has something to do in this lifetime. We all have negative emotions to be purified and positive emotions to be cultivated. All of us need to reconnect to our source and drop our personal stories, don't we? Men, women, old, young, from here, from there - it is the same. All you can do is your practice. There is nothing else. Don't get caught up. Don't stop. We have to learn how to get out or our own way. Because ultimately, the only thing standing in our way is ourselves.”

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Author:Tenzin Palmo

“The draft is a crapshoot, so I've been very fortunate to be drafted by the Yankees, and to have spent my whole career here.”

Whole Careers Fortunate Yankees

Author:Derek Jeter

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