Perhaps it is better to be a machine that does its duty than a flesh-and-blood person who will not, for a dead truth is better than a live falsehood.

L. Frank Baum
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  1. That proves you are unusual, " returned the Scarecrow; "and I am convinced that the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed.

  2. ...and remember my sentimental friend that a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.

  3. I shall take the heart. For brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.

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