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- Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
- Sam Ewing
- I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
- John D. Rockefeller (1839 - 1937)
- Please write again soon. Though my own life is filled with activity, letters encourage momentary escape into others lives and I come back to my own with greater contentment.
- Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, 'A Woman of Independent Means'
- Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.
- Chuck Norris (1940 - )
- There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
- Nelson Mandela (1918 - ), 'A Long Walk to Freedom'
- It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
- James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
- One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.
- Josh Billings (1818 - 1885)
- A raise is like a martini: it elevates the spirit, but only temporarily.
- Dan Seligman, in 'Forbes Magazine'
- The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
- Maureen Dowd, in 'New York Times'
- Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's levels of aspiration and expectation.
- Jack Nicklaus (1940 - ), 'My Story'
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