Bill Vaughan Quotes
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I've still got a lot to learn about Washington. Thursday, I accidentally spent some of my own money.
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Our lives are fed by kind words and gracious behavior. We are nourished by expressions like 'excuse me', and other such simple courtesies.
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The happiest and most contented people are those who each day perform to make the best of their abilities.
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It is foolish to think that we will enter heaven without entering into ourselves.
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The same sun that melts butter hardens clay.
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Woe to those who spit on the beat generation, the wind will blow it back.
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What we need to envision the future, ... stop thinking about the present and saying, 'Let's put a Band-Aid here.
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When a woman talks, she just wants to be heard.
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Most airlines move too fast in a merger. Speed is not as critical as efficiency.
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Have love for your friend up to a limit for it is possible he may turn into your enemy some day; and hate your enemy up to a limit for it is possible he may turn into your friend some day.
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The surest way of making a dupe is to let your victim suppose you are his.
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Talk often, but never long: in that case, if you do not please, at least you are sure not to tire your hearers.
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Let dull critics feed upon the carcases of plays; give me the taste and the dressing.
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Even the world, that despises simplicity, does not profess to approve of duplicity.
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The best that can be said of you is that you got saved.
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Above all, we must abolish hope in the heart of man. A calm despair, without angry convulsions, without reproaches to Heaven, is the essence of wisdom.
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Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.
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There are people in many other states who are cheering us.
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It might be a good idea if the various countries of the world would occasionally swap history books, just to see what other people are doing with the same set of facts.
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Not armies, not nations, have advanced the race; but here and there, in the course of ages, an individual has stood up and cast his shadow over the world.
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In a tournament, even though there are team scores, it's calculated and it's a lot more individual. There is more honor to say you're not just better than the opposing schools' wrestler, you're the best wrestler in your weight class. Plus there are lot more awards to win in a tournament.
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It is a game of chess with this city. We'll have to see how it is going to play out. The city goes back and forth trying to figure out what programs to cut and what they have funding for. What I would love to see is for the city to step up and run the rink 10 months out of the year so kids can play in the summer and we can have camps here in Glenwood.
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I believe that God will help us to forget things, the memory of which would do us harm, or rather that He will enable us to remember only so much of them as will be for our good, and we, ourselves, not emotionally overwhelmed. The pain endured. The lesson learned. Let it now be forgotten! Face the future with courage, cheerfulness, and hope. Give God the chance and He will make you forget all that it would be harmful to remember.
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Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career.