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- Every big problem was at one time a wee disturbance.
- Unknown
- There will be a time when loud-mouthed, incompetent people seem to be getting the best of you. When that happens, you only have to be patient and wait for them to self destruct. It never fails.
- Richard Rybolt
- Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.
- Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (1893 - 1986), in Irving Good, The Scientist Speculates (1962)
- A loud voice cannot compete with a clear voice, even if it's a whisper.
- Barry Neil Kaufman
- 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)
- We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.
- John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), October 26, 1963
- Never miss a chance to keep your mouth shut.
- Robert Newton Peck, 'A Day No Pigs Would Die'
- 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'
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