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  • Alexis de Tocqueville The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Buffy Sainte-Marie The art of the three-minute song is more like journalism than writing a big 400-page book. You want to be brief, you want to make sense right yen and there. And sometimes that takes a bit of work.
    Buffy Sainte-Marie
    Indigenous Canadian-American singer-songwriter and musician (1941 - )
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  • Arthur Erickson The artist likes to seem totally responsible for his work. Often he begins to explain it, to make it appear as if it were a reasonable process.
    Arthur Erickson
    Canadian architect and urban (1924 - 2009)
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  • Auguste Rodin The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.
    Auguste Rodin
    French sculptor (1840 - 1917)
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  • Carter G. Woodson The author takes the position that the consumer pays the tax, and as such every individual of the social order should be given unlimited opportunity to make the most of himself.
    Carter G. Woodson
    American historian, author and journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • Alistair Cooke The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him that he has been set free to make his own inquiries, to come to conclusions that are right for him, whether or not they coincide with your own.
    Alistair Cooke
    British journalist (1908 - 2004)
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  • Bill Hicks The best kind of comedy to me is when you make people laugh at things they've never laughed at, and also take a light into the darkened corners of people's minds, exposing them to the light.
    Bill Hicks
    American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist and musician (1961 - 1994)
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. That is a commonplace truth, but one to which my studies are always bringing me back. It is the central point in my conception. I see it at the end of all my reflections.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Douglas Macarthur The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
    Douglas Macarthur
    American general in WO II (1880 - 1964)
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  • Ethel Barrymore The best time to make friends is before you need them.
    Ethel Barrymore
    American actress (1879 - 1959)
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  • Abraham Lincoln The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Abraham Lincoln The best way to destroy your enemy is to make him your friend.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Dorothy Parker The best way to keep children at home is to make the home a pleasant atmosphere and let the air out of the tires.
    Dorothy Parker
    American humoristic writer (1893 - 1967)
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  • Oscar Wilde The best way to make children good is to make them happy.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Scott Alexander The best way to make happy money is to make money your hobby and not your god.
    Scott Alexander
    American professional baseball pitcher (1989 - )
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  • Oliver Goldsmith The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • Charles Edward Jerningham The best way to secure revenge is not to make your enemy fail, but to succeed yourself.
    Source: The maxims of Marmaduke
    Charles Edward Jerningham
    English aphorist (1854 - 1921)
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  • Henry Ford The best we can do is size up the chances, calculate the risks involved, estimate our ability to deal with them, and then make our plans with confidence.
    Henry Ford
    American industrialist (1863 - 1947)
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  • Peter F. Drucker The better a man is the more mistakes he will make for the more things he will try.
    Peter F. Drucker
    American management consultant and writer (1909 - 2005)
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  • Jules Feiffer The big mistake that men make is that when they turn thirteen or fourteen and all of a sudden they've reached puberty, they believe that they like women. Actually, you're just horny. It doesn't mean you like women any more at twenty-one than you did at ten.
    Jules Feiffer
     
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