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One is never more on trial than in the moment of excessive good fortune.
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One may understand the Cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
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One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know.
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One never goes further than when they do not know where they are going.
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One of the great pleasures of acting is surrendering to someone else's point of view of the world - living inside a character and a story that never would have come out of your mind or heart.
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One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and we should never lose that.
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One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need the money the most, are the ones that never have it.
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One of the things I was taught in law school is that I'd never be able to think the same again - that being a lawyer is something that's part of who I am as an individual now.
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One of the very best rules of conversation is to never, say anything which any of the company wish had been left unsaid.
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One of the weaknesses in the cooperative is that it has never been sufficiently leavened by the imagination. This is a quick-silver faculty, and likely to be a cause of worry to any collective settlement.
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One only gets to the top rung of the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you - suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, ''Well, I'll have a go, too.''
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One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
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One person is never as stupid as a group of people. That's why they have lynch mobs, not lynch individuals.
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One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
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One secret of leadership is that the mind of a leader never turns off. Leaders even when they are sightseers or spectators, are active; not passive observers.
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One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.
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One should never be ashamed to cry. Tears are rain on the dust of earth.
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One should never make one's debut with a scandal. One should reserve that to give an interest to one's old age.
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One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and wit.
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One should never underestimate the power of books.
The Brooklyn Follies (2008) 139
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