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There is only one person who can measure your success. That person is you.
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Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.
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Washington had performed his role to perfection. It was no enough that a leader look the part; by Washington's rules, he must…
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In fact, it was the largest expeditionary force of the 18th century. The largest, most powerful force ever set forth from Britain…
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The first of all qualities of a general is courage.
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Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair.
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The preparations were elaborate and mammoth in scale, and Washington threw himself into the effort, demanding that not an hour be lost.
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They must be cool but determined...he threatened instant death to any man who showed cowardice.
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To this noble end the delegates had pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
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...Had proven himself a leader of remarkable ability, a man not only of enterprising ideas, but with the staying power to carry…
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We must not think of learning as only what happens in schools. It is an extended part of life. The most readily…
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Freedom is found through the portals of our nation's libraries.
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My life is not unlike Truman's. I can't go anywhere.
— Jim Carrey
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It was such a leap in my career when 'Truman Show' came along. It's always been a long process for me insofar…
— Jim Carrey
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My favourite president, and the one I admired most, was Harry Truman.
— Jimmy Carter
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Bipartisanship on behalf of an imprudent policy can be folly, just as partisanship on behalf of a just cause can be wise.…
— Unknown Author
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Foreign policy of a pluralistic democracy like the United States should be based on bipartisanship because bipartisanship is the means and the…
— Zbigniew Brzezinski
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For The Truman Show, I worked for a few weeks, do my gig, then I was done.
— Ed Harris
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I've reached a point in my life where my Truman Show boat has hit the painting.
— Kanye West
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Almost everything Truman did in foreign affairs I approve of.
— Stephen Ambrose
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Harry Truman once said, 'There are 14 or 15 million Americans who have the resources to have representatives in Washington to protect…
— John F. Kennedy
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We have got to accept Big Government for the duration-for neither an offensive nor a defensive war can be waged, given our…
— William F. Buckley, Jr.
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I liked Truman very much. He was precise and businesslike. After a while, it was his turn.
— Lord Mountbatten
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I am the heterosexual Truman Capote.
— Joseph Epstein
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