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I persuaded him to throw the dirk away; and it was as easy as persuading a child to give up some bright fresh new way of killing itself.

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It is sound statesmanship to add two battleships every time our neighbour adds one and two stories to our skyscrapers every time he piles a new one on top of his to threaten our light. There is no limit to this soundness but the sky.

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I admire the serene assurance of those who have religious faith. It is wonderful to observe the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.

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The more you explain it, the more I don't understand it.

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God's noblest work. Man who found it out? Man.

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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. So many look to eradicate fear from their lives, when that is an impossible task. You can certainly experience moments in absence of fear, however accept that fear will be with you whenever you are in the process of living creatively. The challenge is to go ahead regardless, simply notice the feeling and manage being courageous.

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The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are.

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The educated Southerner has no use for an 'r', except at the beginning of a word.

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When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill most of them--then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are far apart.

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The house was as empty as a beer closet in premises where painters have been at work.

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A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

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All scenery in California requires distance to give it its highest charm.

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Many people have the reasoning facility, but no one uses it in religious matters.

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I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.

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There is nothing in the world like persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus.

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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform. "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for certain that just ain't true." Thinking that you know the future.

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The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

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Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from making bad decisions.

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The best of us would rather be popular than right.

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Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.

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