I have known men who could see through the motivations of others with the skill of a clairvoyant; only to prove blind to their own mistakes. I have been one of those men.
BERNARD BARUCHA political leader must keep looking over his shoulder all the time to see if the boys are still there. If they arent still there, hes no longer a political leader.
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No man can humiliate me or disturb me. I won’t let him.
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Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.
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What else but our own sturdy reliance on freedom can explain the unexampled record this country has made?
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Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war.
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We grow neither better or worse as we get old, but more like ourselves.
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Chance sometimes opens the door, but luck belongs to the good players.
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To me – old age is always ten years older than I am.
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During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.
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Creativity: Take the obvious, add a cupful of brains, a generous pinch of imagination, a bucketful of courage and daring, stir well and bring to a boil.
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It is far more difficult… to know when to sell a stock than when to buy.
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Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.
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If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
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America has never forgotten – and never will forget – the nobler things that brought her into being and that light her path…
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There are no such things as incurables. There are only things for which man has not found a cure.
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Get to know yourself. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see. Know also when you actually have thought through to the nature of the thing with which you are dealing and when you are not thinking at all…
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