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  • Brene Brown To me, constructive criticism is when people take ownership of their ideas. That's why I don't listen to anything that's anonymous. But it's hard; when there's something hurtful out there, I still want to read it over and over and memorize it and explain my point of view to the person.
    Brene Brown
    American professor, lecturer, author (1965 - )
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  • Alvin Toffler To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution is over because some textile manufacturers in Manchester went broke.
    Alvin Toffler
    American writer, futurist, and businessman (1928 - 2016)
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  • John Ruskin To watch the corn grow, or the blossoms set; to draw hard breath over the plough or spade; to read, to think, to love, to pray, are the things that make men happy.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Barbara Boxer To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
    Barbara Boxer
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Blake Mycoskie Traveling as much as I do, I get lonely sometimes. I have friends now in cities all over the world, so I get to be social, but it's hard to have the deep meaningful relationships, especially an intimate one. With my guy friends, I can show up once a month and go to dinner with them and they're happy.
    Blake Mycoskie
    American entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist (1976 - )
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  • Johann Kaspar Lavater Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.
    Johann Kaspar Lavater
    Swiss theologist and mysticist (1741 - 1801)
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  • William C. Bryant Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of lockjaw if she scratches her finger.
    William C. Bryant
    American poet, editor (1794 - 1878)
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  • Billy Beane Trying to build a team over the course of the winter to put on the field is really just half the job. Because if your best players go down, it's not so much him going down as who you replace him with, which ultimately might have the biggest impact on how you end up finishing. So you want to have both a belt and suspenders for support.
    Billy Beane
    American baseball player (1962 - )
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  • Winston Churchill Trying to maintain good relations with a Communist is like wooing a crocodile. You do not know whether to tickle it under the chin or beat it over the head. When it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you up.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • A. Alvarez Twentieth-century art may start with nothing, but it flourishes by virtue of its belief in itself, in the possibility of control over what seems essentially uncontrollable, in the coherence of the inchoate, and in its ability to create its own values.
    A. Alvarez
    English poet, novelist, essayist and critic (1929 - 2019)
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  • Billy Joel Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
    Billy Joel
    American singer-songwriter and pianist (1949 - )
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • Carolina Herrera Unfortunately, there's a lot of confusion today over what is sexy and what is vulgar. It's horrifying. They say, 'Oh, that girl is so sexy,' and she turns around and the dress is four sizes too small. Or she's wearing so much stuff, you wonder how long it took her to get ready.
    Carolina Herrera
    Venezuelan fashion designer (1939 - )
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  • Andrew Jackson Unless you become more watchful in your states and check the spirit of monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges you will in the end find that... the control over your dearest interests has passed into the hands of these corporations.
    Andrew Jackson
    American president (7th) (1767 - 1845)
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  • Malcolm X Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • Britt Daniel Usually, whenever my mom would come over I would try and put on music that I thought she would like just to make her feel more at ease.
    Britt Daniel
    American musician (1971 - )
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  • Albert Bandura Very often we developed a better grasp of the subjects than the over worked teachers.
    Albert Bandura
    Canadian-American psychologist (1925 - )
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  • Buzz Aldrin Walking around on the moon was significantly easier than we'd thought it would be. There weren't any balance problems, so you weren't tumbling over.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • William Tecumseh Sherman War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.
    William Tecumseh Sherman
    American soldier, businessman, educator and author (1820 - 1891)
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  • Bjornstjerne Bjornson Watch over your child, as it struggles for breath on the outermost verge of life, or see your wife follow the child to that outermost verge, beside herself for anxiety and sleeplessness, - then love will teach you that life comes first.
    Bjornstjerne Bjornson
    Norwegian writer (1832 - 1910)
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