"The house was as empty as a..." - Quote by Mark Twain
The house was as empty as a beer closet in premises where painters have been at work.
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“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. There is nothing more satisfying than that sense of being completely "at home" in your own skin. When you achieve that as a natural state of "being", then you can finally look beyond yourself and fully contribute all your talents to the world.”
“A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.”
“Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to.”
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“Shape clay into a vessel;It is the space within that makes it useful.Cut doors and windows for a room;It is the holes which make it useful.Therefore benefit comes from what is there;Usefulness from what is not there.”
“I did never know so full a voice issue from so empty a heart: but the saying is true 'The empty vessel makes the greatest sound'.”
“Since form is emptiness and emptiness is form, then instead of a hand grasping at nothing, it is better to grasp at someone's nose because this is closer to reality.”
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“I like baked potatoes. I don't have a microwave oven, and it takes forever to bake a potato in a conventional oven. Sometimes I'll just throw one in there, even if I don't want one, because by the time it's done, who knows?”
“Where does the dentist go when he leaves the room?”
“Sailors have the cleanest bodies and the filthiest minds.”