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W H Beveridge: Scratch a pessimist...

W H Beveridge: Scratch a pessimist...

Scratch a pessimist and you find often a defender of privilege.

Source: In...

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W H Beveridge: The human mind...

W H Beveridge: The human mind...

The human mind likes a strange idea as little as the body likes a strange protein and resists it with a similar...

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Al Capone: You can get...

Al Capone: You can get...

You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.

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Henry J Kaiser: I always have...

Henry J Kaiser: I always have...

I always have to dream up there against the stars. If I don't dream I will make it, I won't even get...

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Faith Popcorn: Just before consumers...

Faith Popcorn: Just before consumers...

Just before consumers stop doing something, they do it with a vengeance.

Source: In...

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Gifford Pinchot, III: Innovations never happen...

Gifford Pinchot, III: Innovations never happen...

Innovations never happen as planned.

Source: Intrapreneuring, 1986.
-- Gifford...

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Pedro Calderon de la Barca: What is life?...

Pedro Calderon de la Barca: What is life?...

What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story,/And the greatest good is little enough:/for all life is a dream, and...

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Pedro Calderon de la Barca: A good action...

Pedro Calderon de la Barca: A good action...

A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need.

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William Wycherley: I weigh the...

William Wycherley: I weigh the...

I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better.

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Rachel Donaldson Jackson: To tell you...

Rachel Donaldson Jackson: To tell you...

To tell you of this city, I would not do justice to the subject. The extravagance is in dressing and running to...

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Barbara Bush: I'm not saying...

Barbara Bush: I'm not saying...

I'm not saying to be happy you must be married. Nor am I saying that to be happy you need children. I'm saying that...

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Betty Ford: It's always been...

Betty Ford: It's always been...

It's always been my feeling that God lends you your children until they're about eighteen years old. If you haven't...

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Betty Ford: . . ....

Betty Ford: . . ....

. . . a woman . . . told us she was forever getting herself into trouble. But I just keep coming back, she said. I...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: It is not...

Eleanor Roosevelt: It is not...

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

Source:...

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William J Bennett: Our common language...

William J Bennett: Our common language...

Our common language is . . . English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking children learn...

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James Baker: Sometimes you move...

James Baker: Sometimes you move...

Sometimes you move publicly, sometimes privately. Sometimes quietly, sometimes at the top of your...

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Henry Lewis Stimson: Gentlemen do not...

Henry Lewis Stimson: Gentlemen do not...

Gentlemen do not read each other's mail.

Source: Reason given for closing the Dept...

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George P Shultz: You've got to...

George P Shultz: You've got to...

You've got to dream a little bit if you're going to get somewhere.

Source: On PBS...

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Carl Stokes: I knew my...

Carl Stokes: I knew my...

I knew my own situation, my own town, and I knew I had it in my hand. Once I got it, I knew I could do things that no...

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Donald Rumsfeld: Success tends to...

Donald Rumsfeld: Success tends to...

Success tends to go not to the person who is error-free, because he also tends to be risk-averse. Rather it goes to...

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