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If the distance between ourselves and others becomes too great, we experience isolation and alienation, yet if the proximity to others becomes too close, we feel smothered and trapped.

Bill Vaughan

The wise man realistically accepts as part of life and builds a philosophy to meet them and make the most of them. He lives on the principle of nothing attempted, nothing gained and is resolved that if he fails he is going to fail while trying to succeed.
BILL VAUGHAN

Failure Nothing Philosophy Resolve Wise
The mind of a wise man is the safest custody of secrets; cheerfulness is the key to friendship; patience and forbearance will conceal many defects.
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Character Men Wise
The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions.
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Boredom Causes Revolution
Hay smells different to lovers and horses.
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Different Horse Smell
A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won’t cross the street to vote in a national election.
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Freedom Funny Humorous
I’m an actor. And I guess I’ve done so many movies I’ve achieved some high visibility. But a star? I guess I still think of myself as kind of a worker ant.
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Movie Stars Thinking
The less important you are on the table of organization, the more you’ll be missed if you don’t show up for work.
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Important Organization Work
There is that in the soul of man which must respond to the highest in virtue. It may not respond at once. Human nature can easily be over-faced by examples too remote and austere.
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Highest Long Men Race Respond
A statesman is any politician it’s considered safe to name a school after.
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Names Political School
There must be some great truth underlying the instinct for worship.
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Great Instinct Truth Worship
No one can bring to God what you can.
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Bring God Uniqueness
On the one hand, it’s common sense it’s hard to see someone you love get sick or die. People are interconnected and their health is, too.
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Common Hands People Sense
I count this thing to be grandly true: That a noble deed is a step toward God.
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Deeds Friendly God Noble
Economists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man’s lifetime income – which he then spends sending his son to college.
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Educational Funny Money
Managers at [the nuclear] sector should know that we need diplomacy and not slogans, .. This [is] where we should use all our leverages with patience and wisdom, without provocation and slogans that can give pretexts to the enemies.
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Enemy Giving Needs Patience Wisdom
The world could not long ignore a holy church. The church is not despised because it is holy: it is despised because it is not holy enough.
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Differences Holy Ignore Long People

If the distance between ourselves and others becomes too great, we experience isolation and alienation, yet if the proximity to others becomes too close, we feel smothered and trapped.

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