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The biggest mistake, in general, I've made, is to put too much of a weighting on someone's talent and not enough on their personality. And… — Elon Musk
There are messages in each general conference given as a gift and a blessing from heaven specifically for our personal life situations. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
The earth is the general and equal possession of all humanity and therefore cannot be the property of individuals. — Leo Tolstoy
The basic work of health professionals in general, and of psychotherapist s in particular, is to become full human beings and to inspire full human-beingness… — Chogyam Trungpa
Don't, to gain general and useless attention, sacrifice the attention that you want — Claude C. Hopkins
You find out more about God from the Moral Law than from the univerise in general just as you find out more about a man… — C.S. Lewis
Zoological taxonomists in general are inclined to be practical workers rather than philosophers, if only because they face such an unending task that they are… — Richard E. Blackwelder
An old essay by John Updike begins, 'We live in an era of gratuitous inventions and negative improvements.' That language is general and abstract, near… — John Updike
The people of North America, at this time, expect a revisal and reformation of the American Governments, and are better disposed to submit to it… — Unknown Author
It really is my opinion that media in general are so bad that we have to question whether the world wouldn't be better off without… — Julian Assange
A government at bottom is nothing more than a group of men, and as a practical matter most of them are inferior men. ... Yet… — H. L. Mencken
No measure can be more desirable, whether viewed with an eye to its intrinsic importance, or to the general sentiment and wish of the Nation… — George Washington
There's a right way and a wrong way to do things. If you make a chair, you want to make a nice chair. You want… — Hal Hartley
These tasks, and therefore the meaning of life, differ from man to man, and from moment to moment. Thus it is impossible to define the… — Viktor E. Frankl
Gender equality and empowerment of women is key to the success of the Millennium Development Goals. Not only as a specific target, but for the… — Johanna Siguroardottir
POTABLE, n. Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable; indeed, some declare it our natural beverage, although even they find it palatable only… — Ambrose Bierce
The consideration of man's body has not changed to meet the new conditions of this artificial environment that has replaced his natural one. The result… — Hilton Hotema
There are very few theorems in advanced analysis which have been demonstrated in a logically tenable manner. Everywhere one finds this miserable way of concluding… — Niels Henrik Abel
A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God. — Francois Fenelon
To divide a cube into two other cubes, a fourth power, or in general any power whatever into two powers of the same denomination above… — Pierre de Fermat
It is time to recognize conventional MBA programs for what they are - or else to close them down. They are specialized training in the… — Henry Mintzberg
Gentlemen and maidens in this general vicinity, how doth it go? — Ron Killings
The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment. It is commonly observed, that among soldiers and seamen, though there is much kindness, there is… — Samuel Johnson
My advice to women in general- Even if you're doing a nine-to-five job, treat yourself like a boss. Not arrogant, but be sure of what… — Nicki Minaj
The authour who imitates his predecessors only by furnishing himself with thoughts and elegances out of the same general magazine of literature, can with little… — Samuel Johnson

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