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“I know of no higher fortitude than stubbornness in the face of overwhelming odds”. –Louis Nizer

“What is the meaning of life? This question has no answer except in the history of how it came to be asked. There is no answer because words have meaning, not life or persons or the universe itself”. –Julian Jaynes

“I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so”. –Stephen Leacock

“Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow man. It then appears that we are among the privileged”. –Helen Keller