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  • William Wordsworth The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind.
    William Wordsworth
    English poet (1770 - 1850)
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  • Raymond Chandler The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and the moment you try to approach him on the level of his moral integrity he starts to talk business.
    Raymond Chandler
    American writer (1888 - 1959)
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  • Barbara de Angelis The moment in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place.
    Barbara de Angelis
    American relationship consultant, lecturer and author (1951 - )
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  • Carl Sandburg The name of an iron man goes round the world.
    It takes a long time to forget an iron man.
    Washington Monument by Night in Slabs of the Sunburnt West (1922)
    Carl Sandburg
    American Poet (1878 - 1967)
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  • Arthur Bloch The Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules - the first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.
    Arthur Bloch
    American writer, author of the Murphy's Law books (1948 - )
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  • Edward R. Murrow The obscure we see eventually, the completely apparent takes longer.
    Edward R. Murrow
    American broadcast journalist and war correspondent (1908 - 1965)
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  • Carson Daly The one thing I learned the most about acting is it takes a tremendous amount of courage to go there and stand still. It takes courage and guts to step out of your mind frame and depict something.
    Carson Daly
    American television host, radio personality and producer (1973 - )
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  • Horace The one who prosperity takes too much delight in will be the most shocked by reverses.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • George Bernard Shaw The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • George Bernard Shaw The only person who acts sensibly is my tailor. He takes my measure anew every time he sees me. Everyone else goes by their old measurements.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Benigno Aquino III The Philippines-U.S. Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement takes our security cooperation to a higher level of engagement, reaffirms our country's commitment to mutual defense and security, and promotes regional peace and stability.
    Benigno Aquino III
    Filipino politician (1960 - )
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  • Virginia Woolf The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mold of the body and mind.
    Virginia Woolf
    English writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Roland Barthes The politician being interviewed clearly takes a great deal of trouble to imagine an ending to his sentence: and if he stopped short? His entire policy would be jeopardized!
    Roland Barthes
    French writer, literary critic, linguist and philosopher (1915 - 1980)
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  • Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh The process of meditation does not take you to some new world; it only introduces you to the world where you have been for lives upon lives. The process of meditation does not add anything to you; it only takes away what is wrong, cuts it away, sheds it off.
    Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
    Indian godman and mystic (1931 - 1990)
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  • Samuel Butler The public buys its opinions as it buys its meat, or takes in its milk, on the principle that it is cheaper to do this than to keep a cow. So it is, but the milk is more likely to be watered.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Barbara de Angelis The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make - not just on your wedding day, but over and over again - and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband or wife.
    Barbara de Angelis
    American relationship consultant, lecturer and author (1951 - )
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  • Will Rogers The reason political party platforms are so long is that when you straddle anything it takes a long time to explain it.
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The revelation of Thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Robert Lynd The shy man usually finds that he has been shy without a cause, and that, in practice, no one takes the slightest notice of him.
    Robert Lynd
    American sociologist (1892 - 1970)
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  • Oliver Cromwell The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies.
    Oliver Cromwell
    Parliamentarian General, Lord Protector of England (1599 - 1658)
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