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- When people go through something rough in life, they say, "I'm taking it one day at a time." Yes, so is everybody. Because that's how time works.
- Hannibal Buress
- When wasteful war shall statues overturn,
And broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Mars his sword nor wars quick fire shall burn The living record of your memory. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Sonnet LV
- Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.
- Robert F. Kennedy (1925 - 1968), Day of Affirmation address delivered at the University of Capetown, South Africa, June 6, 1966
- There be three things which make a nation great and prosperous: a fertile soil, busy workshops, easy conveyance for men and goods from place to place.
- Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
- I never expect to see a perfect work from imperfect man.
- Alexander Hamilton (1755 - 1804), The Federalist
- In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Soul of a Man Under Socialism, the works of Oscar Wilde ed. G., 1954
- An authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.
- Rebecca West (1892 - 1983), The Count and the Castle, 1957
- Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that he nastiest of men, for the nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the benefit of us all.
- John Maynard Keynes (1883 - 1946)
- 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
- A professional is one who does his best work when he feels the least like working.
- Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 - 1959)
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