Cheers

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Quotes from Cheers

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"You want to know the secret to friendship? Show up, do your job, and tell interesting stories at the bar."
Cliff Clavin Friendship
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"Success isn't about money, it's about having the respect of your fellow mail carriers."
Cliff Clavin Success
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"I once dated a woman who didn't appreciate my vast knowledge of postal regulations. That's when I learned about love."
Cliff Clavin Love
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"The key to happiness is understanding that every letter I deliver is someone's happiness in an envelope."
Cliff Clavin Happiness
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"You know, Norm, I've been thinking about life, and I've come to realize that the mailman sees all."
Cliff Clavin Wisdom
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"It's a little known fact that the Library of Congress has a section devoted entirely to my postal route observations."
Cliff Clavin Knowledge
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"I maintain my standards because they're the only reliable thing in this chaos."
Lilith Sternin Wisdom
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"Vulnerability is weakness dressed up in therapeutic language."
Lilith Sternin Strength
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"The truth is often cruel, which is the only reason I tell it."
Lilith Sternin Truth
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"Humor is the defense mechanism of the intellectually superior."
Lilith Sternin Humor
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"I don't hold grudges; I simply remember infractions permanently."
Lilith Sternin Strength
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"The average person's idea of freedom is simply the freedom to fail differently."
Lilith Sternin Freedom
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"Success means having fewer people I'm obligated to interact with."
Lilith Sternin Success
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"True friendship requires absolute honesty, which is why I have none."
Lilith Sternin Friendship
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"I find human behavior simultaneously predictable and disappointing."
Lilith Sternin Philosophy
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"The pursuit of happiness is fundamentally self-defeating."
Lilith Sternin Happiness
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"Life is a series of disappointments punctuated by brief moments of satisfaction."
Lilith Sternin Life
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"Most people mistake intelligence for wisdom, which is their loss."
Lilith Sternin Knowledge
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"Perseverance is admirable only when applied to worthwhile pursuits."
Lilith Sternin Perseverance
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"Faith is the last refuge of those without evidence."
Lilith Sternin Faith
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"The concept of a soulmate is propaganda for the romantically deluded."
Lilith Sternin Love
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"I don't need to be understood; I need to be obeyed."
Lilith Sternin Leadership
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"Courage without intelligence is simply recklessness."
Lilith Sternin Courage
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"The capacity for self-awareness in others is depressingly limited."
Lilith Sternin Wisdom
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"Literature separates the cultured from the illiterate masses."
Lilith Sternin Literature
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"I would rather be feared than liked, and preferably both."
Lilith Sternin Power
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"Nature is beautiful precisely because it's entirely indifferent to human suffering."
Lilith Sternin Nature
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"Peace is simply the absence of conflict, not the presence of anything good."
Lilith Sternin Peace
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"Death is the only honest thing in a fundamentally dishonest world."
Lilith Sternin Death
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"Money is simply the quantification of one's own worth."
Lilith Sternin Money