"A life's work should be based on love."
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"Of the Seven Dwarfs, the only one who shaved was Dopey. That should tell us something about the wisdom of shaving."
"We women should remember that we are much more than just breasts."
"One should never listen. To listen is a sign of indifference to one's hearers."
"No house should ever be on any hill... It should be of the hill."
"Pay-TV companies that built their businesses on the backs of local and network broadcast signals should pay a fair price for access to that high-value programming."
"Practice should always be based upon a sound knowledge of theory."
"We shouldn't just live for today; we should prepare for tomorrow."
"But nobody ever tells you in advance when you should concentrate on the good times-that's why you're supposed to do it every day."
"The unborn baby, though enclosed in the womb of its mother, is already a human being, and should not be robbed of the life which it has not yet begun to enjoy."
"Art is not chaste. Those ill prepared should be allowed no contact with art. Art is dangerous. If it is chaste, it is not art."
"There should be pluralism - the concept of many religions, many truths. But we must also be careful not to become nihilistic."
"Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures. That is contentment."
"I had rather men should ask why my statue is not set up, than why it is."
"Life should be lived as play."
"I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive."
"My friends tell me that I have a tendency to point out problems without offering solutions, but they never tell me what I should do about it."
"Clearly, the decision-making that we rely on in society is fallible. It's highly fallible, and we should know that."
"It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it."
"There are a lot of grown ups who should be sent up to their rooms and told they must stay there until they learn they can play fair."