Quotes with not-self

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  • W. M. Thackeray lt is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.
    W. M. Thackeray
    Indian-born, British novelist (1811 - 1863)
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  • Baltasar Gracián Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.
    Baltasar Gracián
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Charles Haddon Spurgeon Luck generally comes to those who look for it, and my notion is that it taps, once in a lifetime, at everybody's door, but if industry does not open it luck goes away.
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon
    English Baptist preacher (1834 - 1892)
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  • Emily Dickinson Luck is not chance, it is toil. Fortune is expensive smile is earned.
    Emily Dickinson
    American poet (1830 - 1886)
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  • David J. Schwartz Luck take a second look at what appears to be someone's ''good luck.'' You'll find not luck but preparation, planning, and success-producing thinking.
    David J. Schwartz
    American motivational writer and coach (1927 - 1987)
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  • John Dewey Luck, bad if not good, will always be with us. But it has a way of favoring the intelligent and showing its back to the stupid.
    John Dewey
    American philosopher (1859 - 1952)
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  • Bernard Mandeville Luxury
    Employ'd a Million of the Poor,
    And odious Pride a Million more;
    Envy it self, and Vanity,
    Were Ministers of Industry;
    Their darling Folly, Fickleness,
    In Diet, Furniture and Dress,
    That strange ridic'lous Vice, was made
    The very Wheel that turn'd the Trade.
    The Fable of the Bees The Grumbling Hive, line 180, p. 10
    Bernard Mandeville
    British writer and artist (1670 - 1733)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken Lying is not only excusable; it is not only innocent; it is, above all, necessary and unavoidable. Without the ameliorations that it offers, life would become a mere syllogism and hence too metallic to be borne.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Carl Lewis M so fortunate to have done what I love to do for so long, but the day I retired was one of the best days of my life. Not because I was happy to get away from the sport, but because it was clear in my mind that I had done all I possibly could, and that it was time to go.
    Carl Lewis
    American athlete (1961 - )
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  • William Shakespeare Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Ronald Laing Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. It is potential liberation and renewal as well as enslavement and existential death.
    Ronald Laing
    unorthodox Scottish psychiatrist (1927 - 1989)
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  • Joe Laurie Jr Magellan went around the world in 1521, which is not too many strokes when you consider the distance.
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  • David Blaine Magic is not about having a puzzle to solve. It's about creating a moment of awe and astonishment. And that can be a beautiful thing.
    David Blaine
    American illusionist (1973 - )
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  • Harry Houdini Magic is the sole science not accepted by scientists, because they can't understand it.
    Harry Houdini
    Hungarian-born American illusionist (1874 - 1926)
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  • Ovid Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same place.
    Ovid
    Roman poet (43 - 17)
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  • Robert Collier Make every thought, every fact, that comes into your mind pay you a profit. Make it work and produce for you. Think of things not as they are but as they might be. Don't merely dream, but create!
    Robert Collier
    American author
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  • George Bernard Shaw Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • William Shakespeare Make not your thoughts you prisons.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Benjamin Watson Make sure you know your identity is in Christ, so that when you get laid off from your job, or when you get a raise from your job, or when things don't go right, you're not up and down, up and down.
    Benjamin Watson
    American football player (1980 - )
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  • Jerry Gillies Make sure you visualize what you really want, not what someone else wants for you.
    Jerry Gillies
    American writer
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