Orison Swett Marden Quotes
The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.
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First, I was Bavarian State Minister of Justice, and after the ministries of justice in the various states were dissolved I became Reich Minister without portfolio.
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I debated free trade in college. I came out as a free trader. I'm a free markets guy. I'm an Adam Smith guy.
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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The first girl you go to bed with is always pretty.
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My wife, Caroline Spector, and I pitched some comic ideas to various publishers back in the '80s, but nothing ever came of it.
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I don't really care about gossip. I care about building great businesses.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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Date a woman with children only if you are ready to man up, because it's a position that comes with responsibility.
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Another thing: despite my youthful appearance, I am quite capable of making decisions.
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You parents of the wilful and the wayward! Don't give them up. Don't cast them off. They are not utterly lost. The Shepherd will find his sheep. They were His before they were yours - long before He entrusted them to your care; and you cannot begin to love them as He loves them.
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A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
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Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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You have to be quite stupid to act.
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I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition.
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A Microsoft-Yahoo merger is a deal only an investment banker could love.
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We live on a planet that is amazing, beautiful, and full of wonder but not protected from powerful destructive forces of nature. We are capable of doing wonderful and selfless things but also self-absorbed and harmful things. This is the world we live in.
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Green is one of my favorite colors - emerald green.
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Amy Sedaris makes me laugh harder than anybody.
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To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
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When I'm 80 years old, I don't know what I want to be remembered for.
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One summer, when I was a kid, I was in the car with my stepfather, and he was asking me where I thought I ranked, on a scale of 1 to 10. I said, '6,' and he said, '3.' I think it was his way of telling me that I needed to get out and really attack life.
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Why must we be eternally on our knees before the Kants and Hugos?
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The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.
