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Catherine the Great: I shall be...

Catherine the Great: I shall be...

I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade; and that good Lord will forgive me, that's his.

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Nelson Mandela: We must use...

Nelson Mandela: We must use...

We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.

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Robert Stone: One is improvising...

Robert Stone: One is improvising...

One is improvising when one writes, and you pick up in the same way a musician starts to improvise and detect the...

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The simplest toy,...

The simplest toy,...

The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.

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Edward De Bono: Once a new...

Edward De Bono: Once a new...

Once a new idea springs into existence, it cannot be unthought. There is a sense of immortality in a new...

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John LeCarre: The monsters of...

John LeCarre: The monsters of...

The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience,...

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Charles Hamilton Houston: The American color...

Charles Hamilton Houston: The American color...

The American color bar unless speedily removed will be the rock on which our international Good Neighbor policy and...

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The beauty of...

The beauty of...

The beauty of the past belongs to the past.

Source: On modern photojournalism; in...

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Georgia Douglas Johnson: I battered the...

Georgia Douglas Johnson: I battered the...

I battered the cordons around me
And cradled my wings on the breeze,
Then soared to the uttermost...

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The Ninety-Ninety Rule...

The Ninety-Ninety Rule...

The Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules: The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time,...

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Barack Obama: We need to...

Barack Obama: We need to...

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne: The world owes...

Nathaniel Hawthorne: The world owes...

The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient...

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Harry S Truman: Once a decision...

Harry S Truman: Once a decision...

Once a decision was made I did not worry about it afterward.

Source: In My Favorite...

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Raoul Vaneigem: The organization controlling...

Raoul Vaneigem: The organization controlling...

The organization controlling the material equipment of our everyday life is such that what in itself would enable us...

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Just as dumb...

Just as dumb...

Just as dumb creatures are snared by food, human beings would not be caught unless they had a shred of...

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Barbara Bush: Somewhere out in...

Barbara Bush: Somewhere out in...

Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White...

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Paule Marshall: My very first...

Paule Marshall: My very first...

My very first lessons in the art of telling stories took place in the kitchen . . . my mother and three or four of her...

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Flannery O'Connor: Anybody who has...

Flannery O'Connor: Anybody who has...

Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his...

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Henry James, Jr: The power to...

Henry James, Jr: The power to...

The power to guess the unseen from the seen, to trace the implications of things, to judge the whole piece by the...

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Homer: Wise to resolve,...

Homer: Wise to resolve,...

Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your...

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