"Cultivate friendships. If you don't have time to cultivate all of them, plow under every fifth one and collect your bonus."
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"It's only terrorism if they do it to us. When we do much worse to them, it's not terrorism."
"If you're a good composer, you steal good steals."
"He was there or was not there: not there if I didn't see him."
"Nothing is boring if you look at carefully."
"You shouldn't make jokes if it makes you so unhappy."
"If you can take photographs with language, I'm taking one right now."
"And if you are not a bird, then beware of coming to rest above an abyss."
"If I had more time, I would have written less."
"If you're going to affirm something, affirm the truth. Then go do something about it."
"You can boast about anything if it's all you have. Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast."
"Your questions are false if you already know the answer."
"If we do our best, God will do the rest."
"Sweets, you couldn't ignore me if you tried."
"It's great to be named the best at something . . . even if it's sucking."
"If you want to have more, you must become more."
"If you really want it, you need to really work for it."
"If not yet lost to all the sense of shame."
"Faith ever says, "If Thou wilt," not "If Thou canst."
"When we admit our vulnerability, we include others. If we deny it, we shut them out."