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An exhaustive study...

An exhaustive study...

An exhaustive study of police records shows that no woman has ever shot her husband while he was doing the...

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Mary Ritter Beard: The volumes which...

Mary Ritter Beard: The volumes which...

The volumes which record the history of the human race are filled with the deeds and the words of great men . . ....

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John Dewey: Failure is instructive....

John Dewey: Failure is instructive....

Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his...

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Henry Jackson Vandyke, Jr: Use what talents...

Henry Jackson Vandyke, Jr: Use what talents...

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang...

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You cannot endow...

You cannot endow...

You cannot endow even the best machine with initiative; the jolliest steamroller will not plant...

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G C Lichtenberg: He who is...

G C Lichtenberg: He who is...

He who is enamored of himself will at least have the advantage of being inconvenienced by few...

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Benjamin Cardozo: Consequences cannot alter...

Benjamin Cardozo: Consequences cannot alter...

Consequences cannot alter statues, but may help to fix their meaning.

Source: In...

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Napoleon Bonaparte: You must not...

Napoleon Bonaparte: You must not...

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

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Muhammad Ali: I hated every...

Muhammad Ali: I hated every...

I hated every minute of training, but I said, Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a...

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Miyamoto Musashi: With your spirit...

Miyamoto Musashi: With your spirit...

With your spirit open and unconstricted, look at things from a high point of view.

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Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan: In dream consciousness...

Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan: In dream consciousness...

In dream consciousness . . . we make things happen by wishing them, because we are not only the observer of what we...

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The difference between...

The difference between...

The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.

Source: In...

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A man's wife...

A man's wife...

A man's wife is his compromise with the illusion of his first sweetheart.

Source:...

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Truman Capote: Failure is the...

Truman Capote: Failure is the...

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Source: In Simpson's...

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Dagobert Runes: Compassion is the...

Dagobert Runes: Compassion is the...

Compassion is the only one of the human emotions the Lord permitted Himself and it has carried the divine flavor ever...

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Gloria Steinem: If the shoe...

Gloria Steinem: If the shoe...

If the shoe doesn't fit, must we change the foot?

Source: Outrageous Acts and...

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Truman Capote: Writing has laws...

Truman Capote: Writing has laws...

Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them,...

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Dagobert Runes: Hesitancy in judgment...

Dagobert Runes: Hesitancy in judgment...

Hesitancy in judgment is the only true mark of the thinker.

Source: In Webster's...

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Noam Chomsky: Language is a...

Noam Chomsky: Language is a...

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of...

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Experience is what...

Experience is what...

Experience is what enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

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