"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

Santayana, George on past
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"Always do what you want, and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."

Seuss, Theodor on   

"The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself."

Wilde, Oscar on advice
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"Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything."

Galbraith, John Kenneth on meetings
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"All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership."

Galbraith, John Kenneth on leadership
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"In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone."

Galbraith, John Kenneth on institutions   

"The contented and economically comfortable have a very discriminating view of government. Nobody is ever indignant about bailing out failed banks and failed savings and loans associations. But when taxes must be paid for the lower middle class and poor, the government assumes an aspect of wickedness."

Galbraith, John Kenneth on government   

"In economics the majority is always wrong."

Galbraith, John Kenneth on economy and economics   

"If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe."

Allen, Woody on risk
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"Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it."

Allen, Woody on love
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"Always forgive your enemies -- nothing annoys them so much."

Wilde, Oscar on forgiveness
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"None of us can stand other people having the same faults as ourselves."

Wilde, Oscar on faults
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"Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life."

Wilde, Oscar on fathers
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"The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray."

Wilde, Oscar on emotions
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"Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."

Wilde, Oscar on education
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"History may not repeat itself, but it does rhyme a lot"

Twain, Mark on history
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