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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Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.
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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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I think just being on 'One Tree Hill' has given me a lot of confidence.
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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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In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that.
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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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All meditation must begin with arousing deep compassion. Whatever one does must emerge from an attitude of love and benefitting others.
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Probably no strychnine has sent as many husbands into their graves as mealtime scolding has, and nothing has driven more men into the arms of other women as the sound of a shrill whine at table.
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A Tory government with a decent mandate seems the only hope of tackling the fiscal catastrophe responsibly.
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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.
