"The sailor is frankness, the landsman is finesse.……" — Herman Melville

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• It's pretty clear that over the last three months the economy has paused. And it's also pretty clear the American… — John Boehner
• Filming takes a lot out of you. It really does. It's immensely demanding, and you have to put the rest… — John Cleese
• The muse is not an angelic voice that sits on your shoulder and sings sweetly. The muse is the most… — Harlan Coben
• The more a leader is in the habit of demanding from his men, the surer he will be that his… — Carl von Clausewitz
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• It is in a way a mystery that, instead of demanding that their governments give primary attention to their own… — J. William Fulbright
• Even today a good many distinguished minds seem unable to accept or even to understand that from a source of… — Jacques Monod
• The face of love is variable. I am able to love without demanding that my relationships assume the structures and… — Julia Cameron
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• A code of ethics cannot be developed overnight by edict or official pronouncement. It is developed by years of practice… — Silas L. Copeland

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