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> [“A good mayor is a useful person. How can you hold back when you have the chance to do good?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/a-good-mayor-is-a-useful-person-how-can-you-hold-back-when-you-have/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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> [Over the years I have developed a picture of what a human being living humanely is like. She is a person who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-satir/over-the-years-i-have-developed-a-picture-of-what-a-human-being/)

[Virginia Satir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-satir/)

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> [“Truly, the old maid is a most useful person, one of the reserve forces of the community. They talk of the superfluous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/truly-the-old-maid-is-a-most-useful-person-one-of-the-reserve-forces/)

[Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/)

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> [Anything that's been useful to me as a person has been useful to me as an actor. Anything in the interest of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/killian-scott/anything-that-s-been-useful-to-me-as-a-person-has-been-useful-to-me/)

[Killian Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/killian-scott/)

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> [I suppose I'm very aware of time and of memories and of enjoying life... not just doing the right thing and being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelina-jolie/i-suppose-i-m-very-aware-of-time-and-of-memories-and-of-enjoying-life/)

[Angelina Jolie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelina-jolie/)

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> [Picture in your mind the able, earnest, useful person you desire to be, and the thought you hold is hourly transforming you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/picture-in-your-mind-the-able-earnest-useful-person-you-desire-to-be/)

[Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/)

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> [Since Mom wasn't exactly the most useful person in the world, one lesson I learned at an early age was how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/since-mom-wasn-t-exactly-the-most-useful-person-in-the-world-one/)

[Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/)

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