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Eleanor Roosevelt: It takes as...

Eleanor Roosevelt: It takes as...

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Harold Macmillan: Power? It's...

Harold Macmillan: Power? It's...

Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there.

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Harold Macmillan: When the curtain...

Harold Macmillan: When the curtain...

When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.

Source: On...

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Ronald Reagan: Dreams became issues...

Ronald Reagan: Dreams became issues...

Dreams became issues of East versus West. Hopes became political rhetoric. Progress became a search for power and...

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Ronald Reagan: You know, by...

Ronald Reagan: You know, by...

You know, by the time you reach my age, you've made plenty of mistakes if you've lived your life...

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Bill Clinton: It wasn't my...

Bill Clinton: It wasn't my...

It wasn't my finest hour. It wasn't even my finest half hour.

Source: About his...

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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: How pleasant it...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: How pleasant it...

How pleasant it is, at the end of the day,
No follies to have to repent;
But reflect on the past, and be able to...

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Lewis Mumford: However far modern...

Lewis Mumford: However far modern...

However far modern science and technics have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have taught mankind at...

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Lewis Mumford: For most Americans,...

Lewis Mumford: For most Americans,...

For most Americans, progress means accepting what is new because it is new, and discarding what is old because it is...

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Primo Levi: The butterfly's attractiveness...

Primo Levi: The butterfly's attractiveness...

The butterfly's attractiveness derives not only from colors and symmetry: deeper motives contribute to it. We would...

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Bernard Berenson: German is of...

Bernard Berenson: German is of...

German is of stone, limestone, pudding stone, marble, granite even, and so to a considerable degree is English,...

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Edgar Degas: What a delightful...

Edgar Degas: What a delightful...

What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's...

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Stephen Hawking: Even if there...

Stephen Hawking: Even if there...

Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes...

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Isaac Asimov: Individual science fiction...

Isaac Asimov: Individual science fiction...

Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today -- but...

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Barbara McClintock: If you know...

Barbara McClintock: If you know...

If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off. . . no matter...

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Deborah Tannen: [T]he seeds of...

Deborah Tannen: [T]he seeds of...

[T]he seeds of [the Argument Culture] can be found our classrooms, where a teacher will introduce an article or an...

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Alexander Fleming: The lone hand...

Alexander Fleming: The lone hand...

The lone hand has advantages as well as the much-advertised team-work, but each in its own...

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Orlando A Battista: The shortest distance...

Orlando A Battista: The shortest distance...

The shortest distance between two jokes makes a perfect speech.

Source: In Today's...

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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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Charles Steinmetz: Money is a...

Charles Steinmetz: Money is a...

Money is a stupid measure of achievement, but unfortunately it is the only universal measure we...

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