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  • Samuel Smiles Men must necessarily be the active agents of their own well-being and well-doing... they themselves must in the very nature of things be their own best helpers.
    Samuel Smiles
    Scottish writer (1812 - 1904)
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  • Robert Menzies Men of genius are not to be analyzed by commonplace rules. The rest of us who have been or are leaders, more commonplace in our quality, will do well to remember two things. One is never to forget posterity when devising a policy. The other is never to think of posterity when making a speech.
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  • Lord Mancroft Men who get on well with women are usually those who know how to get on without them.
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  • Lord Chesterfield Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Betty Williams Men, once enemies, are now jointly governing in Northern Ireland. And although there have been several hitches, by and large it's working well.
    Betty Williams
    Irish activist (1943 - 2020)
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  • Freddie Mercury Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it!
    Freddie Mercury
    British singer, songwriter and record producer (1946 - 1991)
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  • Iris Murdoch Moralistic is not moral. And as for truth - well, it's like brown - it's not in the spectrum. Truth is so generic.
    Iris Murdoch
    Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher (1919 - 1999)
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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  • Bob Inglis Most of us complain about Congress. We say it's a place that doesn't reflect us; they don't listen to us. Actually, Congress well reflects the American people. It gives us exactly what we ask for.
    Bob Inglis
    American politician (1959 - )
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  • Peter Marshall Most of us know perfectly well what we ought to do; our trouble is that we do not want to do it.
    Peter Marshall
    Scots-American preacher (1902 - 1949)
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  • François Fénelon Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very well in the bargain.
    François Fénelon
    French writer and archbishop (1651 - 1715)
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  • Andrew Coyle Bradley Most people, even among those who know Shakespeare well and come into real contact with his mind, are inclined to isolate and exaggerate some one aspect of the tragic fact.
    Andrew Coyle Bradley
    American lawyer (1844 - 1902)
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  • Campbell Brown Mr. Obama is particularly well positioned to challenge Hollywood because of his special relationship with the media world's elites. They might be more likely to heed criticism coming from Mr. Obama than from any other president or member of Congress.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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  • Barry Ritholtz Much of the traditional thinking about cash is well intentioned but unrealistic. Should you have six months of living expenses in the bank for emergencies? Sure. Do you? Probably not.
    Barry Ritholtz
    American author and newspaper columnist
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  • Thomas Carlyle Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt to be so divine. It brings us near to the infinite.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi Must I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Brent Sexton My brother's an aerospace engineer who works for Boeing, and I started thinking, 'Well, my brother works nine hours a day at his job... What if I worked nine hours a day at being an actor?'
    Brent Sexton
    American actor (1967 - )
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  • Bill Parcells My entire life has been spent thinking about this game. That's pretty narrow... I don't view myself as a person who's well-versed in very many subjects. I'm not proud of that.
    Bill Parcells
    American coach in the NFL (1941 - )
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  • Ang Lee My first instinct was to cast as close to the short story as possible, but then I realized that I needed actors who could go for it and that they had to function well as a couple in a love story.
    Ang Lee
    Taiwanese film director, producer, and screenwriter (1954 - )
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  • Bill Bailey My first job was selling doors, door to door. That's a tough job isn't it? Bing Bong; Hello, can I interest you in a- oh shit you've got one already haven't you? Well never mind...
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    Bill Bailey
    English comedian, musician and actor (1965 - )
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