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July 1, 2009

"If you are getting to work before lunch, you are working too hard. If in fact you are working that hard, at least treat yourself to a nice leisurely meal at a restaurant, with a waitress. If you can't afford a restaurant, then we suggest you bring your lunch to work in a bottle of Dewar's."  (Anonymous, on the fashion-themed website Magnificent Bastard, http://www.magnificentbastard.com)

"Some mornings you wake up and think, 'Gee, I look handsome today.' Other days I think, 'What am I doing in the movies? I wanna go back to Ireland and drive a forklift.'"  (Liam Neeson, Irish actor)

June 30, 2009

"I was a Computer Science major. I got out once it got really hard. I made it up to C++. Then I couldn't do the math — it got really confusing. I switched to Communications, which is a ridiculous major — let's be honest."  (Jimmy Fallon, American actor, comedian and talk show host)

"Realizing that life is precious the natural tendency is to trample on it, like laughing at a funeral."  (Lester Bangs)

June 28, 2009

"Evil happens without effort, naturally, inevitably; good is always the product of skill."  (Charles Baudelaire, French poet, 1821 - 1867, Le peintre de la vie moderne)

"It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. As it turns out, work is less boring than amusing oneself."  (Charles Baudelaire, French poet, 1821 - 1867, Journaux intimes)

June 27, 2009

"If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday."  (Sir Noël Coward)

June 26, 2009

"I have a lot of growing up to do. I realized that the other day inside my fort."  (Zach Galifianakis, American comedian and actor)

June 16, 2009

"Americans have no use for the sick. That's America. It's just no country for the infirm."  (Tony Kushner, American playwright and screenwriter, Angels in America)

June 15, 2009

"I have been making art for 50 years and have never allowed myself to be corrupted. Quite the opposite, I was locked up."  (Otto Muehl, Austrian artist and former member of the Vienna Actionists)

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