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John Ray: Adversity makes men...

John Ray: Adversity makes men...

Adversity makes men wise but not rich.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Joseph Wood Krutch: Security depends not...

Joseph Wood Krutch: Security depends not...

Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without.

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Eugene Wigner: The simplicities of...

Eugene Wigner: The simplicities of...

The simplicities of natural laws arise through the complexities of the language we use for their...

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Albert Einstein: In my experience,...

Albert Einstein: In my experience,...

In my experience, the best creative work is never done when one is unhappy.

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Albert Einstein: Only a life...

Albert Einstein: Only a life...

Only a life lived in the service to others is worth living.

Source: In The Book of...

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Ray Kroc: It's easy to...

Ray Kroc: It's easy to...

It's easy to have principles when you're rich. The important thing is to have principles when you're...

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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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Jeremy Bernstein: The people who...

Jeremy Bernstein: The people who...

The people who produce these programs. . . insist that no one would watch a program consisting of real scientists...

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Isaac Asimov: The most exciting...

Isaac Asimov: The most exciting...

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not Eureka! (I found it!) but...

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Martin H Fischer: A man who...

Martin H Fischer: A man who...

A man who cannot work without his hypodermic needle is a poor doctor. The amount of narcotic you use is inversely...

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Alfred Korzybski: God may forgive...

Alfred Korzybski: God may forgive...

God may forgive you your sins, but your nervous system won't.

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Vincent Van Gogh: Conscience is a...

Vincent Van Gogh: Conscience is a...

Conscience is a man's compass.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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James McNeill Whistler: If other people...

James McNeill Whistler: If other people...

If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.

Source: In The...

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Lynda Barry: When an attractive...

Lynda Barry: When an attractive...

When an attractive but ALOOF (cool) man comes along, there are some of us who offer to shine his shoes with our...

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Edith Head: I have yet...

Edith Head: I have yet...

I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for the animals -- like Lassie.

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Edith Head: Your dresses should...

Edith Head: Your dresses should...

Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a...

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William Morris: A man at...

William Morris: A man at...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working at it and wills it, is exercising the...

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William Morris: Wind, wind! thou...

William Morris: Wind, wind! thou...

Wind, wind! thou art sad, art thou kind?
Wind, wind, unhappy! thou art blind,
Yet still thou wanderest the...

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Gloria Vanderbilt: . . ....

Gloria Vanderbilt: . . ....

. . . one of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most personal themes -- the values, ideas, styles,...

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Gilbert Adair: We need cancer...

Gilbert Adair: We need cancer...

We need cancer because, by the very fact of its insurability, it makes all other diseases, however virulent, not...

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