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Today's headlines and history's judgment are rarely the same. If you are too attentive to the former, you will most certainly not do the hard… — Condoleezza Rice
Our lives are a mixture of different roles. Most of us are doing the best we can to find whatever the right balance is .… — Hillary Clinton
The primary objective of copyright is not to reward the labor of authors, but ‘[t]o promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts.' To this… — Sandra Day O'Connor
In my work a good library is essential. It enables me to learn the background and previous discussions of the various issues I am called… — Sandra Day O'Connor
My research debunks the myth that many people seem to have . . . that you become a leader by fighting your way to the… — William Cohen
There is no better test of a man's work than time, which also reveals the thoughts which lay hidden in his breast. — Simonides of Ceos
Another sort of false prayers are our regrets. Discontent is the way of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will. Regret calamities, if you can thereby… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds... A nation of men will… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents. It may be safely trusted as proportionate and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
You must love your work, and not be always looking over the edge of it, wanting your play to begin. And the other is, you… — George Eliot
So much American science fiction is parochial -- not as true now as it was years ago, but the assumption is one culture in the… — Poul Anderson
Moving parts in rubbing contact require lubrication to avoid excessive wear. Honorifics and formal politeness provide lubrication where people rub together. Often the very young,… — Robert A. Heinlein
If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you'll abort it if you do.… — Robert A. Heinlein
Poets are regarded as handicapped writers whose work must be treated with a tender condescension, such as one accords the athletic achievements of basketball players… — Thomas M. Disch
So deeply is the gardener's instinct implanted in my soul, I really love the tools with which I work; the iron fork, the spade, the… — Celia Thaxter
Do not waste a minute - not a second - in trying to demonstrate to others the merits of your performance. If your work does… — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
I think the Space Shuttle is worth one billion dollars a launch. I think that it is worth two billion dollars for what it does.… — Pete Conrad
I believe that a woman should always remain a woman and nothing feminine should be alien to her. At the same time, I strongly feel… — Valentina Tereshkova
I am writing this during my lunch period, because I need to reach towards the outside world of sanity, because I am overwhelmed by the… — Bel Kaufman
Everybody has a hard job. All real work is hard. My work happened also to be undoable. Morning after morning for 50 years, I faced… — Philip Roth
The game gives us a satisfaction that Life denies us. And for the Chess player, the success which crowns his work, the great dispeller of… — Emanuel Lasker
Chess is difficult, it demands work, serious reflection and zealous research. — Wilhelm Steinitz
It's not enough to be talented. It's not enough to work hard and to study late into the night. You must also become intimately aware… — Garry Kasparov
Sanctification is not a work of nature, but a work of grace. It is a transformation of character effected not by moral influences, but supernaturally… — Charles Hodge
In many respects, my work is very enjoyable, for I seem to get on pretty well with the fellows and enjoy the work of instruction… — John Gresham Machen

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