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Sun Tzu [Wu]: Rapidity is the...

Sun Tzu [Wu]: Rapidity is the...

Rapidity is the essence of war.

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

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Sun Tzu [Wu]: The general who...

Sun Tzu [Wu]: The general who...

The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who...

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Edward Rickenbacker: The four cornerstones...

Edward Rickenbacker: The four cornerstones...

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination,...

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Margot Asquith: He [Lloyd George]...

Margot Asquith: He [Lloyd George]...

He [Lloyd George] could not see a belt without hitting below it.

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Jacques Barzun: The test and...

Jacques Barzun: The test and...

The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his...

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Ariel Durant: One of the...

Ariel Durant: One of the...

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to...

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Sholom Aleichem: The rich swell...

Sholom Aleichem: The rich swell...

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Laurence J Peter: Originality is the...

Laurence J Peter: Originality is the...

Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard...

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Addison Gayle, Jr: Power comes not...

Addison Gayle, Jr: Power comes not...

Power comes not from the barrel of a gun, but from one's awareness of his or her own cultural strength and the...

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Kingman Brewster, Jr: There is a...

Kingman Brewster, Jr: There is a...

There is a correlation between the creative and the screwball. So we must suffer the screwball...

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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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Martha Carey Thomas: The man's world...

Martha Carey Thomas: The man's world...

The man's world must become a man's and a woman's world. Why are we afraid?

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bell hooks: . . ....

bell hooks: . . ....

. . . no Black woman can become an intellectual without decolonizing her mind.

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bell hooks: . . .there...

bell hooks: . . .there...

. . .there is an element of Play that is almost ritualistic in Black folk life. It serves to mediate the tensions,...

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Kenneth MacKenzie Clark: True perfection is...

Kenneth MacKenzie Clark: True perfection is...

True perfection is achieved only by those who are prepared to destroy it. It is a by-product of...

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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin: One fool can...

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin: One fool can...

One fool can ask more questions in a minute than twelve wise men can answer in an hour.

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Betty Smith: The difference between...

Betty Smith: The difference between...

The difference between rich and poor is that the poor do everything with their own hands and the rich hire hands to do...

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Orson Scott Card: Humanity does not...

Orson Scott Card: Humanity does not...

Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf. Survival first, then happiness...

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John Oliver Killens: What a tiresome...

John Oliver Killens: What a tiresome...

What a tiresome place America would be if freedom meant we all had to think alike or be the same color or wear that...

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Harold S Geneen: It is better...

Harold S Geneen: It is better...

It is better to take over and build upon an existing business than start a new one.

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