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  • Winston Churchill It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • André Gide It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle.
    André Gide
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1947) (1869 - 1951)
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  • Mark Twain It is not best that we should all think alike; it is a difference of opinion that makes horse races.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Dr. W. Edwards Deming It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.
    Dr. W. Edwards Deming
    American engineer, statistician, professor and author (1900 - 1993)
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  • Benazir Bhutto It is one thing being able to contest an election and to give the people hope that I can be the next prime minister. It is a totally different situation where the people of Pakistan are told that the results are already taken and the leader of your choice is banned.
    Source: As quoted in I never asked for power in The Guardian (15 August 2002)
    Benazir Bhutto
    Pakistani politician (1953 - 2007)
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  • Walter Lippmann It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most.
    Walter Lippmann
    American writer, reporter, and political commentator (1889 - 1974)
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  • Brenda Ueland It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they are mistakes. Go on to the next.
    Brenda Ueland
    American journalist, editor, and teacher
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  • Hilaire Belloc It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them.
    Hilaire Belloc
    British Author (1870 - 1953)
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  • Epictetus It is the sign of a dull mind to dwell upon the cares of the body, to prolong exercise, eating and drinking and other bodily functions. These things are best done by the way; all your attention must be given to the mind.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • George S. Clason It is true that money cannot buy happiness but it does make it possible for you to enjoy the best that the world has to offer.
    George S. Clason
    American author (1874 - 1957)
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  • Carine Roitfeld It is very wrong to sleep in your make-up, but when you wake up the next morning, I think it looks very good.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • David J. Schwartz It is well to respect the leader. Learn from him. Observe him. Study him. But don't worship him. Believe you can surpass. Believe you can go beyond. Those who harbor the second-best attitude are invariably second-best doers.
    David J. Schwartz
    American motivational writer and coach (1927 - 1987)
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Horace It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • John F. Kennedy It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds: a Harvard education and a Yale degree.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Joe E. Lewis It pays to get drunk with the best people.
    Joe E. Lewis
    American writer
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  • Ben Zobrist It really comes down to God opening the doors for me, and I'm trying to walk through them doing the best I can.
    Ben Zobrist
    American professional baseball player (1981 - )
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  • William Somerset Maugham It's a funny thing about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Gore Vidal It's always best to stay out of other people's divorces. And their civil wars.
    Gore Vidal
    American writer and criticus (1925 - 2012)
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  • Bram Cohen It's always hard to predict what's coming up next. My main guess is that content creators will increasingly start using BitTorrent to distribute their own work directly.
    Bram Cohen
    American computer programmer (1975 - )
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