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Wilson was once asked how long it took him to write a speech. He answered, 'That depends. If I am to speak 10 minutes, I… — Woodrow Wilson
It is a curious and painful fact that almost all the completely futile treatments that have been believed in during the long history of medical… — Bertrand Russell
The Art of Success . . . Success is ninety-nine percent mental attitude. It calls for love, joy, optimism, confidence, serenity, poise, faith, courage, cheerfulness,… — Wilferd Peterson
A good conscience fears no witness, but a guilty conscience is solicitous even in solitude. If we do nothing but what is honest, let all… — Seneca the Younger
You must pay for conformity. All goes well as long as you run with conformists. But you, who are honest men in other particulars, know… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The notion of saving the planet has nothing to do with intellectual honesty or science. The fact is that the planet was here long before… — Lynn Margulis
You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of the members of… — George Bernard Shaw
American business long ago gave up on demanding that prospective employees be honest and hardworking. It has even stopped hoping for employees who are educated… — Dave Barry
God help us, ma'am! Do you see what we saw? We saw that we'd been given a law to live by, a moral law, they… — Ayn Rand
People are too durable, that's their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long. — Bertolt Brecht
Maybe the social value of truth is as a destination - so long as we do not assume we have arrived there. — Edward de Bono
Those are weaklings who know the truth and uphold it as long as it suits their purpose, and then abandon it. — Blaise Pascal
The old echoes are long in dying. — Charles Henry Parkhurst
What makes a great endurance athlete is the ability to absorb potenial embarrassment, and to suffer without complaint. I was discovering that if it was… — Lance Armstrong
Nothing goes out of fashion sooner than a long dress with a very low neck. — Coco Chanel
Religion has endured since the dawn of human consciousness precisely because it encompasses so much of being human. No idea has endured so long, gathered… — Robert Winston
From long familiarity, we know what honor is. It is what enables the individual to do right in the face of complacency and cowardice. It… — Mark Helprin
Usually I am on a work for a long stretch, until a moment arrives when the air of the arbitrary vanishes, and the paint falls… — Philip Guston
Do not sit long with a sad friend. When you go to a garden do you look at the weeds? Spend more time with the… — Rumi
As long as I can concentrate and remain somewhat calm, I can normally do very well. — Al Oerter

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