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You don’t have to blow out the other person’s light to let your own shine.

Bernard Baruch

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.
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Men Mistake Motivation Prove Skill
Government is not a substitute for people, but simply the instrument through which they act. And if the individual fails to do his duty as a citizen, government becomes a very deadly instrument indeed.
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Government Individuality People
Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.
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Action Error Life Motivational Private
Colleges don’t teach economics properly. Unfortunately we learn little from the experience of the past.
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College Little Past Philosophy
Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him than all the others.
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Economy Increase Men Produce
If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average.
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Cutting Loss Yield
Those who matter don’t mind, and those who mind don’t matter.
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Funny Inspirational Life
We are here today to make a choice between the quick and the dead.
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Choices Dead Quick Today
Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can’t retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time.
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Experience Man Numbers Retirement Teacher
Peace can be made tranquil and secure only by understanding and agreement fortified by sanctions.
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Agreement Sanction Secure Tranquil Understanding
You can overcome anything if you don’t bellyache.
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Blame Complaining Overcoming
I never lost money by turning a profit.
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Lost Lost Money Profit
You can talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle everybody is engaged in to get better living conditions, and they are not interested too much in government.
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Communism Government Important Political Struggle
The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.
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Blessing Discipline Freedom
The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.
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Communication Ideas Important
Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see.
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Brain Passion Prejudice Sharp

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