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Good stories flow like honey. Bad stories stick in the craw. A bad story? One that cannot be absorbed on the first time of reading. ↗

— Arthur Christiansen

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Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more. ↗

— Agatha Christie

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I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. ↗

— Agatha Christie

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Good will is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy. ↗

— Marshall Field

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I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. ↗

— Agatha Christie

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The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live - moreover, the only one. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

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Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks. ↗

— Edward Koch

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Evil is not something superhuman, it's something less than human. ↗

— Agatha Christie

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Right or wrong, the customer is always right. ↗

— Marshall Field

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I married an archaeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me. ↗

— Agatha Christie

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