Quotes 21 till 40 of 1609.
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When you know you're right, you don't care what others think. You know sooner or later it will come out in the wash.
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A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests.
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A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
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A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
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A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.
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A man finds room in the few square inches of the face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his history, and his wants.
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A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.
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A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.
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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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Aggressive fighting for the right is the greatest sport in the world.
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All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face which turns us from failure towards success.
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All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else.
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As soon as by one's own propaganda even a glimpse of right on the other side is admitted, the cause for doubting one's own right is laid.
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At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I'm afraid that's not quite right.
Interview published in BBC (website): news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/club/your_reports/newsid_1697000/1697132.stm -
Being right half the time beats being half-right all the time.
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By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong.
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Civil Rights: What black folks are given in the U.S. on the installment plan, as in civil-rights bills. Not to be confused with human rights, which are the dignity, stature, humanity, respect, and freedom belonging to all people by right of their birth.
Dick Gregory
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Completing any writing project, particularly a novel, is a daunting prospect. Many people become frozen by the prospect. Others keep waiting for the right time. Some wait for the spark of inspiration. Even experienced writers find it is easier to do anything other than actually write.
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Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both.
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Decide promptly, but never give any reasons. Your decisions may be right, but your reasons are sure to be wrong.
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