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Good character is...

Good character is...

Good character is like a rubber ball -
Thrown down hard - it bounces right back.
Good reputation is like a...

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No one's going...

No one's going...

No one's going to be able to operate without a grounding in the basic sciences. Language would be helpful, although...

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Pearl Buck: When hope is...

Pearl Buck: When hope is...

When hope is taken away from the people moral degeneration follows swiftly after.

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I try to...

I try to...

I try to keep in touch with the details . . . I also look at the product daily. That doesn't mean you interfere, but...

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You may not...

You may not...

You may not be well read, you may not know how to count, you may write poorly, but as soon as you open your mouth...

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Find a subject...

Find a subject...

Find a subject you care about and which you feel others should care about. It is this genuine caring, and not your...

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Whitney M Young, Jr: Support the strong,...

Whitney M Young, Jr: Support the strong,...

Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the...

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Any transition serious...

Any transition serious...

Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of...

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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Less is more....

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Less is more....

Less is more.

Source: New York Herald Tribune, 1959.
-- Ludwig Mies van der...

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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: A chair is...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: A chair is...

A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is...

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Niels Bohr: There are some...

Niels Bohr: There are some...

There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.

Source: In A Whack On...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: The capacity to...

Mary Catherine Bateson: The capacity to...

The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.

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Addison Mizner: Never call a...

Addison Mizner: Never call a...

Never call a man a fool; borrow from him.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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George Washington Carver: The beating on...

George Washington Carver: The beating on...

The beating on the tail of the snake may stop his progress a little, but the more vital parts must be struck before...

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Addison Mizner: Poets are born,...

Addison Mizner: Poets are born,...

Poets are born, not paid.

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

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Susanna Moodie: Ah, Hope! what...

Susanna Moodie: Ah, Hope! what...

Ah, Hope! what would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds of...

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There are people...

There are people...

There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called...

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George Washington Carver: How far you...

George Washington Carver: How far you...

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the...

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The cocktail party...

The cocktail party...

The cocktail party . . . is a device either for getting rid of social obligations hurriedly en masse or for making...

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Kingman Brewster, Jr: The function of...

Kingman Brewster, Jr: The function of...

The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes...

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