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Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
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Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.
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He swallowed a lot of wisdom, but all of it seems to have gone down the wrong way.
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Always remember, a cat looks down on man, a dog looks up to man, but a pig will look man right in the eye and see his equal.
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Don't you realize that as long as you have to sit down to pee, you'll never be a dominant force in the world? You'll never be a convincing technocrat or middle manager. Because people will know. She's in there sitting down.
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It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.
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It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.
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We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
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A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.
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Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.
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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.
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There's this misconception that I've been turning down roles. It's just not true. The reality is, there was nothing for me to do, nobody was calling, the phone wasn't ringing.
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A box of new crayons! Now they're all pointy, lined up in order, bright and perfect. Soon they'll be a bunch of ground down, rounded, indistinguishable stumps, missing their wrappers and smudged with other colors. Sometimes life seems unbearably tragic.
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A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.
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A torchlight procession marching down your throat.
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Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence.
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And the woman who could win the respect of man was often the woman who could knock him down with her bare fists and sit on him until he yelled for help.
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Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead.
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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.
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Caste is not a physical object like a wall of bricks or a line of barbed wire which prevents the Hindus from co-mingling and which has, therefore, to be pulled down. Caste is a notion; it is a state of the mind.
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