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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

Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.
BILL VAUGHAN

Action Surely Talking
What the result means is that the Franco-German axis is in serious trouble. It’s the end of a phase which began in 2002.
BILL VAUGHAN

Axes Mean Phases
As surely as you are a living man, so surely did that spectral anatomy visit my room again last night, grin in my face, and walk away with my trousers: nor was I able to spring from my bed, or break the chain which seemed to bind me to my pillow.
BILL VAUGHAN

Away Bed Men Night Spring Walk
It is not easy to describe the present position of legal opinion on advertising and free speech. Only a poet can capture the essence of chaos.
BILL VAUGHAN

Advertising Chaos Essence Speech
Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.
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Baseball Parking Space Umpires
Economics is the science which studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses.
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Alternatives Behaviour Mean
If you think that one individual can’t make a difference in the world, consider what one cigar can do in a nine-room house.
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Differences House Thinking
Salvation includes an ongoing transformation in your life.
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Ongoing Salvation Transformation
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
And this has had a strong tendency to dampen serious discussion of theological issues in most groups, and hence to strengthen the general anti-intellectual bias.
BILL VAUGHAN

Discussion Hence Intellectual Strength Theological
Most people – and particularly people whose lives have nothing to do with books at all – are intrigued by the idea that somebody wants to listen to them and get it right.
BILL VAUGHAN

Book Ideas People
Middle age is when you realize that you’ll never live long enough to try all the recipes you spent thirty years clipping out of newspapers and magazines.
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Age Long Years
The SPR is intended to provide relief at times when working families are struggling to make ends meet, and to counter the price shocks that accompany severe supply disruptions. Now is undoubtedly such a time.
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Disruption relief Struggle
The great soul that sits on the throne of the universe is not, never was, and never will be, in a hurry.
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God Soul Thrones
Discipline is like cabbage. We may not care for it ourselves, but feel sure it would be good for somebody else.
BILL VAUGHAN

Discipline Sensible Sports
One of the quickest ways to become exhausted is by suppressing your feelings.
BILL VAUGHAN

Exhausted Feelings Way

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.

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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.

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