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When you start off by telling those who disagree with you that they are not merely in error but in sin, how…
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Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back.
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There is no talent so ardently supported, nor generously rewarded, as the ability to convince parasites they are victims.
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Compassion is the use of public funds to buy votes
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Why is history important? Without history, many people have no idea how many of today's half-baked ideas have been tried, again and…
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One of the most fashionable notions of our times is that social problems like poverty and oppression breed wars. Most wars, however,…
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If you have a right to respect, that means other people don't have a right to their own opinions.
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Politics is the art of making your selfish desires seem like the national interest.
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Our fate is matched by the total freedom we have to react to our fate. It is as if we were dealt…
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Whenever people talk glibly of a need to achieve educational "excellence," I think of what an improvement it would be if our…
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Sports are the reason I am out of shape. I watch them all on TV.
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Freedom... refer[s] to a social relationship among people-namely, the absence of force as a prospective instrument of decision making. Freedom is reduced…
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We make no apologies for setting high standards.
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In business, I've discovered that my purpose is to do my best to my utmost ability every day. That's my standard. I…
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Any policy is a success by sufficiently low standards and a failure by sufficiently high standards.
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I can't help it! I'm just a woman with high standards!
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My life has had meaning, with the friendships full and valuable and essential to me. My children, Steve, Leslie, and Sam, are…
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But theres a huge blessing that comes from being a part of a show like The Cosby Show that sets such a…
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I do have high standards, but I don't expect anything from anyone that I don't expect from myself.
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Actually, I don't really draw that well. It's just that I don't stop trying as quickly. I keep at it. I happen…
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As Governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public schools, and I have met those standards.
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I don't play fantasy baseball anymore now because it's too much work, and I feel like I have to hold myself up…
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Fear is the strongest driving-force in competition. Not fear of one's opponent, but of the skill and high standard which he represents;…
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