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Shirley Hufstedler: The rhythm of...

Shirley Hufstedler: The rhythm of...

The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to...

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Effective management always...

Effective management always...

Effective management always means asking the right question.

Source: In Quotable...

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There are men...

There are men...

There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance sheets...

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If I knew...

If I knew...

If I knew what I was so anxious about, I wouldn't be so anxious.

Source: The Second...

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Edith Head: The subjective actress...

Edith Head: The subjective actress...

The subjective actress thinks of clothes only as they apply to her; the objective actress thinks of them only as they...

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Ogden Nash: Purity is obscurity....

Ogden Nash: Purity is obscurity....

Purity is obscurity.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith Mohler,...

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Nicolas Copernicus: Let us put...

Nicolas Copernicus: Let us put...

Let us put these new hypotheses [in] public appearance among the old ones which are themselves no more probable,...

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After I die,...

After I die,...

After I die, I shall return to earth as a gatekeeper of a bordello and I won't let any of you - not a one of you -...

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A pessimist is...

A pessimist is...

A pessimist is one who builds dungeons in the air.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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William Morris: Simplicity of life,...

William Morris: Simplicity of life,...

Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement; a sanded floor and...

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Mary Kay Ash: For every failure,...

Mary Kay Ash: For every failure,...

For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock,...

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J B Priestley: Many a man...

J B Priestley: Many a man...

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of...

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Amos Bronson Alcott: Observation more than...

Amos Bronson Alcott: Observation more than...

Observation more than books, experience rather than persons, are the prime educators.

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Albert Einstein: Einstein's Three Rules...

Albert Einstein: Einstein's Three Rules...

Einstein's Three Rules of Work: 1) Out of clutter find simplicity; 2) From discord find harmony; 3) In the middle of...

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Mary Kay Ash: Aerodynamically the bumblebee...

Mary Kay Ash: Aerodynamically the bumblebee...

Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know it, so it goes on flying...

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Soren Kierkegaard: The truth is...

Soren Kierkegaard: The truth is...

The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch...

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Too many people...

Too many people...

Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: He who knows...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: He who knows...

He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it...

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Michael Jordan: Talent wins games,...

Michael Jordan: Talent wins games,...

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

Source: I Can't...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: Life asks not...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: Life asks not...

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.

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