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  • Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought.
  • When I write a poem, I go into a state of self-forgetfulness, and something higher takes over; I like to call it my best self.
  • What I do is draw but if you make an animated feature obviously it takes a whole team of people, and Zippy is my work. I felt that turning it over to a team of people would be wrong.
  • It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.
  • A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.
  • Journalism is a craft that takes years to learn. It's like golf. You never get it right all the time. It's a game of fewer errors, better facts, and better reporting.
  • The journey between what you once were and who you are now becoming is where the dance of life really takes place.
  • To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again.
  • When people see a legend, they call it a legend. But to be a legend, it's a lot of hard work and patience. You can't play for five or ten years and be a legend. It takes longer than that.
  • It takes more than one person to bring about peace - it takes all of us.
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  • John Wooden Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
    John Wooden
    American basketball player and head coach (1910 - 2010)
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  • Helen Rowland A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.
    Helen Rowland
    American journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • Robert Frost A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.
    Robert Frost
    American poet (1874 - 1963)
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  • Bertolt Brecht The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.
    Bertolt Brecht
    German - Austrian writer (1898 - 1956)
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  • Confucius A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • George Bernard Shaw A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • J. C. Macaulay It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.
    J. C. Macaulay
    American clergyman and author (1900 - )
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  • Erma Bombeck It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
    Erma Bombeck
    American writer (1927 - 1996)
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  • Muhammad Ali Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.
    Muhammad Ali
    American Boxer (1942 - 2016)
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  • Charles De Montesquieu Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
    Charles De Montesquieu
    French philosopher (1689 - 1755)
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  • Clare Boothe Luce Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn't have what it takes." They will say, "Women don't have what it takes."
    Clare Boothe Luce
    American diplomat and writer (1903 - 1987)
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  • Pablo Casals Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.
    Pablo Casals
    Spanish-Catalan composer and conductor (1876 - 1973)
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  • Edward Bulwer-Lytton Every street has two sides, the shady side and the sunny. When two men shake hands and part, mark which of the two takes the sunny side; he will be the younger man of the two.
    Edward Bulwer-Lytton
    English writer and poet (1803 - 1873)
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  • Jack Kinder High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
    Jack Kinder
     
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  • Stephen R. Covey It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.
    Stephen R. Covey
    American educator, author and businessman (1932 - 2012)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Henry David Thoreau It takes two to speak the truth, one to speak, and another to hear.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Boz Scaggs This is a cause that musicians can take to heart because one of our main reasons for being is to share our music with other people, and this takes us to people who probably wouldn't otherwise get to hear music on quite this level.
    Boz Scaggs
    American singer, songwriter, and guitarist (1944 - )
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  • Al McGuire When a guy takes off his coat, he's not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
    Al McGuire
    American basketball coach and broadcaster (1928 - 2001)
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  • Burning Spear When people see a legend, they call it a legend. But to be a legend, it's a lot of hard work and patience. You can't play for five or ten years and be a legend. It takes longer than that.
    Burning Spear
    Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist and musician (1945 - )
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