"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow."
– Albert Einstein,
Theoretical Physicist
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"The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you're married to."
– P.J. O'Rourke,
American Political Satirist
"Try not to major in the minors"
Probably my favourite from an American friend of mine
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