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  • Samuel Smiles An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.
    Samuel Smiles
    Scottish writer (1812 - 1904)
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  • Bell Hooks An often-repeated assertion in the body of film criticism I have written is the assertion that movies do not just mirror the culture of any given time; they also create it.
    Bell Hooks
    American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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  • Al Franken And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that's funny makes the information go down a lot easier and it makes it a lot more fun to read, easier to understand, and often stronger. So there's all kinds of advantages to it.
    Al Franken
    American comedian, politician and author (1951 - )
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  • Alice Walker And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the creative spark, the seed of the flower they themselves never hoped to see - or like a sealed letter they could not plainly read.
    Alice Walker
    American Author, Critic (1944 - 1982)
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  • Alfred Marshall And very often the influence exerted on a person's character by the amount of his income is hardly less, if it is less, than that exerted by the way in which it is earned.
    Alfred Marshall
    British economist (1842 - 1924)
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  • Alfred Marshall And very often the influence exerted on a person's character by the amount of his income is hardly less, if it is less, than that exerted by the way in which it is earned.
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  • Edward Bulwer-Lytton Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.
    Edward Bulwer-Lytton
    English writer and poet (1803 - 1873)
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  • Eric Hoffer Animals often strike us as passionate machines.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Bill Maris Antibiotics are so pervasive that they are often prescribed preemptively, as soon as patients report symptoms, before a diagnosis is made.
    Bill Maris
    American entrepreneur and venture capitalist
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  • Tryon Edwards Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel.
    Tryon Edwards
    American theologian (1809 - 1894)
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  • Leonard Cohen Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity. In what we call art, it's one of the most desirable characteristics of a piece of work.
    Leonard Cohen
    Canadian-born American Musician, Songwriter, Singer (1934 - 2016)
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  • Robert Collier Any thought that is passed on to the subconscious often enough and convincingly enough is finally accepted.
    Robert Collier
    American author
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  • Alvin Adams Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help.
    Alvin Adams
    American businessman (1804 - 1877)
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  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    English poet and critic (1772 - 1834)
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  • Oscar Wilde Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Henry Miller Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not in itself the life more abundant. It merely points the way, something which is overlooked not only by the public, but very often by the artist himself. In becoming an end it defeats itself.
    Henry Miller
    American writer (1891 - 1980)
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  • Blake Mycoskie As entrepreneurs, we often get pressured into hiring an industry executive. While it's good to hire people with experience, it can also be a stumbling block because they think about the business the same way everyone else does.
    Blake Mycoskie
    American entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist (1976 - )
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  • Bobby Jindal As everyone in Louisiana knows, there was often no communication or coordination between the state and federal government in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
    Bobby Jindal
    American politician (1971 - )
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  • Albert Bushnell Hart As often happens during a war, some parts of the country prospered, notwithstanding the constant loss.
    Albert Bushnell Hart
    American historian, writer, and editor (1854 - 1943)
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  • Barbara Ehrenreich At best the family teaches the finest things human beings can learn from one another generosity and love. But it is also, all too often, where we learn nasty things like hate, rage and shame.
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    American author and political activist (1941 - 2022)
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