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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

Adolescence is society’s permission slip for combining physical maturity with psychological irresponsibility.
BILL VAUGHAN

Maturity Permission Psychological
It turns out there’s only one thing that capuchins really, really love – and that’s sweet stuff. If you give them a big vat of say, marshmallow fluff, and you let them go at it.
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Body Long Sweet Weight
It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.
BILL VAUGHAN

Nations Nice Poor Would Be
Every time you look at a house in Los Angeles, the real-estate agent will tell you that someone famous once lived there. It always seemed irrelevant to me: Does a property gain value just because Alfred Hitchcock used to eat breakfast there?
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Doe House Real
Nothing is more irritating than not being invited to a party you wouldn”t be seen dead at
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Invited Irritating Party
Discipline means protection from one’s own wanton interest.
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Discipline Mean Protection
Without taste genius is only a sublime kind of folly. That sure touch which the lyre gives back the right note and nothing more, is even a rarer gift than the creative faculty itself.
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Creative Giving Sublime
Blushes are the rainbow of modesty.
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Blushes Modesty Rainbow
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.
BILL VAUGHAN

Enemy Giving Needs Patience Wisdom
Keep strong if possible; in any case, keep cool.
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Case Event Strong
The eyes are the amulets of the mind.
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Amulets Eye Mind
Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.
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Dark Funny Teeth
There’s something about getting up at 5 a.m., feeding the stock and chickens, and milking a couple of cows before breakfast that gives you a lifelong respect for the price of butter and eggs.
BILL VAUGHAN

Butter Chicken Couple Cows Eggs Price Something
There must be some great truth underlying the instinct for worship.
BILL VAUGHAN

Great Instinct Truth Worship
Most of us wait until we’re in trouble, and then we pray like the dickens. Wonder what would happen if, some morning, we’d wake up and say, “Anything I can do for You today, Lord?”
BILL VAUGHAN

God Morning Waiting
Even if you feed the cow cocoa you will not get chocolate.
BILL VAUGHAN

Animal Chocolate Cows

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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