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Despair leads to boredom, electronic games, computer hacking, poetry, and other bad habits.
      — Edward Abbey, author
 

It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.
      — Muhammad Ali, boxing champion
 

Eighty percent of success is showing up.
      — Woody Allen, American film director, writer, actor, and comedian
 

They came to me to supervise the project, because I think that, if you know me at all, you know that death is my bread and danger my butter—oh, no, danger's my bread, and death is my butter. No, no, wait. Death is my— death and danger are my various breads and various butters.
      — Woody Allen in his 1966 film "What's Up, Tiger Lily." American film director, writer, actor, and comedian
 

You're worse than paranoid; you're suffering from the delusion that people out there actually like you.
      — Woody Allen in his film, "Deconstructing Harry" American film director, writer, actor, and comedian
 

Paradise is exactly like where you are right now, only much, much better.
      — Laurie Anderson, performance artist
 

Anyone can become angry, that's easy, but to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way—that's not easy.
      — Aristotle, ancient Greek philosopher
 

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny...'
      — Isaac Asimov, author
 

You couldn't possibly find anyone who is less affected by a word processor than I am. I am very sorry for writers who don't get it right the first time, but I do.
      — Isaac Asimov, author
 

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