Quotes 8301 till 8320 of 10501.
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When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
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When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.
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When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him whose?
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When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy.
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When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid - in which case all comment is superfluous - or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem.
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When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him.
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When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
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When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, 'You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.'.
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When a woman like that whom I've seen so much,
All of a sudden drops out of touch;
Is always busy and never can,
Spare you a moment, it means a man. -
When a woman's bumped off, her husband is always the first suspect - which gives you a little side glimpse of what people really think about marriage.
Source: Coming Up for Air -
When AIDS hit, lots of people banded together to take care of each other and do what the government wasn't doing. When you grow up Jewish, as I have, you learn that everybody hates you, no one's going to help you, and you have to take care of yourself. That's a great maxim to the gay community, and we took it to heart; we took care of our own.
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When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
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When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.
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When any anxiety or gloom of the mind takes hold of you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaining; but exert yourselves to hide it, and by endeavoring to hide it you drive it away.
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When any government, or church for that matter, undertakes to say to it's subjects, this you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motive.
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When are you going to realize that if it doesn't apply to me it doesn't matter?
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When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.
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When beggars and shoeshine boys, barbers and beauticians can tell you how to get rich it is time to remind yourself that there is no more dangerous illusion than the belief that one can get something for nothing.
― Bernard M. Baruch
American investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant (1870 - 1965) -
When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.
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When every piece of furniture and your underwear are taken by the bank, when you lose your house in Florida, in New York, in Amsterdam and L.A., when your wife is dying and your son abandons you, you don't feel very good.
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