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Keep it simple.

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Passive-aggressive disorder applies to a person who forgot to return a library book more than one time… Oy!

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What Pip tells Biddy in this page smells like a spoiled chunk of gouda marinating in a dirty diaper on top of a subway platform in the middle of August.

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Who says the big cat can’t change its spots?

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It’s amazing how sometimes we say things we think are nice, when in fact the other person thinks they are lies. Sometimes that other person is right.

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Following orders is not as easy as it once was.

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Secure some solitude; add a routine.

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I live in expectation of an idea; I foresee it, close in upon it, get a grip, but it escapes me, does not yet belong to me. How can I express it?

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Tadpoles, tapenade, tequila, testicle, tinfoil, tiramisu, tomatoes, torpedoes, tuxedos, turbines, Twinkies, and Typhoid.

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About 10% of our happiness is due to our circumstances. Our age, race, gender, personal history, and wealth, only make up about one-tenth of our happiness.

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All truths are against us, but we go on living because we accept them in themselves, because we refuse to draw the consequences.

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I’m done reading news. They are all bad and depressing and make the world complain and react ceaselessly.

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Deprived of life, a dead person is then a corpse, cadaver, a body, a set of remains, and finally a skeleton.

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Oxytocin is a hormone that, among many things, affects your empathy levels. The less oxytocin, the more mean, aggressive, and evil you become. Stress lowers your oxytocin levels. Maybe that’s why everyone is so mean these days.