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Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.


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Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.

Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.



Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.



It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.

It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.



Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each of us. To build for man a world without fear, we must be without fear. To build a world of justice, we must be just.

Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each of us. To build for man a world without fear, we must be without fear. To build a world of justice, we must be just.



Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.



It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.



Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.



If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.

If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.



'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.



For all that has been, Thank you. For all that is to come, Yes!

For all that has been, Thank you. For all that is to come, Yes!





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Then I realize from the hollow sound of her gun's click that her gun isn't loaded. Apparently she just wants to slap me around with it.

Then I realize from the hollow sound of her gun's click that her gun isn't loaded. Apparently she just wants to slap me around with it.



At 'SNL,' I wrote political stuff, but I never felt the show should have an axe to grind. But when I left in '95, I could let my own beliefs out.

At 'SNL,' I wrote political stuff, but I never felt the show should have an axe to grind. But when I left in '95, I could let my own beliefs out.



I found that no food tastes as good as what it feels like to be healthy.

I found that no food tastes as good as what it feels like to be healthy.



Using the Lean Startup approach, companies can create order not chaos by providing tools to test a vision continuously.

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I like John Kerry. I think he's intellectually curious and very thoughtful. I think he's deeply committed on issues like the environment. I think he's an internationalist, which I am.

I like John Kerry. I think he's intellectually curious and very thoughtful. I think he's deeply committed on issues like the environment. I think he's an internationalist, which I am.



My early life was full of music because my sisters played the piano and I started playing at three.

My early life was full of music because my sisters played the piano and I started playing at three.



And I definitely do that very British thing of, take things with a pinch of salt, stiff upper lip, you know what I mean?

And I definitely do that very British thing of, take things with a pinch of salt, stiff upper lip, you know what I mean?



As a lawyer, money was my driving force. As the years passed, I accumulated more but was less happy.

As a lawyer, money was my driving force. As the years passed, I accumulated more but was less happy.



I hope people like me and appreciate me the way I am.

I hope people like me and appreciate me the way I am.




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