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"Being free of pretence does not mean you are in touch with the truth. Sincerity is not proof."

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"There is merit in the attempt, and a whole lot accomplished along the way."

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"The best angle from which to approach a problem is the Try-angle."

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"Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children's party taken over by the elders."

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"Many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request."

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"The key to understanding others is to first understand yourself"

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"UNDERSTANDING does not necessarily mean AGREEMENT."

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"Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot."

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"A period of travel and relaxation when you take twice the clothes and half the money you need."

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"The rainy days a man saves for usually seem to arrive during his vacation."

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"The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it."

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"People should know what you stand for. They should also know what you won't stand for."

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"Victory is a political fiction."

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"The victor belongs to the spoils."

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"Non violence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence."

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"Temperance and labor are the two best virtues. Labor whets the appetite, temperance curbs it."

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"Its marvelous what you can see when you open your eyes."

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"Yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision, but today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope."

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"To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest."

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"The man with vision always goes ahead of the man with visions."

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"The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still. Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing -- where there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger; which he knows he was meant and made to do."

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"Three levels of organizational vision: 1. The Do-able 2. The Conceivable 3. The Previously Unthinkable."

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"Dwell in though upon the Grandest, And the Grandest you shall see; Fix your mind upon the Highest, And the Highest you shall be."

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"When it comes to spotting a blonde hair on a man's coat, every wife has 20-20 vision."

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"Better to aim at a star than shoot down a well; you'll hit higher."

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"Of all natural forces, vitality is the incommunicable one. Vitality never takes. You have it or you haven't it, like health or brown eyes or a baritone voice."

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"Yes and No are very short words to say, but we should think for some length of time before saying them."

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"Never use big words where a diminutive one will suffice."

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"Don't worry if your job is small and your rewards few. Remember that the mighty oak was once a nut like you."

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"No matter whom you vote for, the Government always gets in."

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"In times of stress and strain, people will vote."

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"When he first ran for office, he appealed to the voters: I never stole anything in my life. All I ask is a chance."

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"Vulgarity is the rich man's modest contribution to democracy."

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"Try to eliminate the word SHOULD from your vocabulary. And try doing so without replacing it with OUGHT or YOU BETTER."

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"Getting anything changes it from being desirable to just being taken for granted."

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"War -- what a waist of time. It's all about great achievements for the very few but hideous losses for the very many."

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"The greatest wastes are unused talents and untried ideas."

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"A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune."

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