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Don t play...

Don t play...

Don t play this piece fast. It is never right to play ragtime fast.

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Stanislaw Lec: Myth is nothing...

Stanislaw Lec: Myth is nothing...

Myth is nothing more than ancient gossip.

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Maurice Maeterlinck: How strangely do...

Maurice Maeterlinck: How strangely do...

How strangely do we diminish a thing as soon as we try to express it in words.

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Rudolf Bing: The opera always...

Rudolf Bing: The opera always...

The opera always loses money. That's as it should be. Opera has no business making money.

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Charles Schwab: A man who...

Charles Schwab: A man who...

A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.

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Howard Hughes: Never make a...

Howard Hughes: Never make a...

Never make a decision. Let someone else make it and then if it turns out to be the wrong one, you can disclaim it, and...

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Al Ries: It's the first...

Al Ries: It's the first...

It's the first company to build the mental position that has the upper hand, not the first company to make the...

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Ted Turner: If I only...

Ted Turner: If I only...

If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.

Source: Quoted in news summaries,...

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Robert Collier: If you see...

Robert Collier: If you see...

If you see yourself as prosperous, you will be. If you see yourself as continually hard up, that is exactly what you...

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Robert Collier: A single idea...

Robert Collier: A single idea...

A single idea -- the sudden flash of a thought -- may be worth a million dollars.

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Robert Collier: One might as...

Robert Collier: One might as...

One might as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as to try to maintain in equal force two...

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Peter Drucker: Decision making is...

Peter Drucker: Decision making is...

Decision making is the specific executive task.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Peter Drucker: Unless commitment is...

Peter Drucker: Unless commitment is...

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.

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William Wycherley: Mistresses are like...

William Wycherley: Mistresses are like...

Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used...

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William Shakespeare: If music be...

William Shakespeare: If music be...

If music be the food of love, play on,
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken and so...

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William Shakespeare: In Nature's infinite...

William Shakespeare: In Nature's infinite...

In Nature's infinite book of secrecy
A little I can read.


Source: Antony and...

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Christopher Fry: I know your...

Christopher Fry: I know your...

I know your cause is lost, but in the heart
Of all right causes is a cause that cannot...

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Walter Bagehot: The habit of...

Walter Bagehot: The habit of...

The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is...

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Walter Bagehot: A bureaucracy is...

Walter Bagehot: A bureaucracy is...

A bureaucracy is sure to think that its duty is to augment official power, official business, or official members,...

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Henry George: He who sees...

Henry George: He who sees...

He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against...

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