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It is far more difficult… to know when to sell a stock than when to buy.

Bernard Baruch

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
Vote for the man who promises least; he’ll be the least disappointing.
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Disappointment Freedom Keepin Promise
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.
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Beggar Belief Boys Dangerous Illusion Shoeshine
Whatever men attempt, they seem driven to overdo. When hopes are soaring, I always repeat to myself that two and two still make four.
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Always Hope Investing Men Soaring Two
We can’t cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time.
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Bridges Crosses Economy
We are here today to make a choice between the quick and the dead.
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Choices Dead Quick Today
Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.
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Inspirational Success Talking
Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war.
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Cold Deceived Midst Today War
Millions saw the apple fall but Newton was the one who asked why.
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Inspirational Leadership Teacher
Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.
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Inspirational Jobs Work
In a period scarcely twice my own lifetime it has risen from nothingness to become the world’s greatest power. It has become the ark of the covenant of freedom.
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Covenant Greatest Nothingness Scarcely Unexampled
Even being right 3 or 4 times out of 10 should yield a person a fortune if he has the sense to cut his losses quickly on the ventures where he is wrong.
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Being Fortune Quickly Right Sense Wrong
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
The terror created by weaponry has never stopped men from employing them.
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Men War Weaponry
Never answer a critic, unless he’s right.
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Answers Belief Humility
Beware of him who promises something for nothing. Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Do not look for approval except the consciousness of doing your best.
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Anybody Consciousness Failure Mistake Nothing

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