Judith Flanders Quotes
The last refuge of the intelligentsia: when life gets too difficult, go find something to read.
Quotes to Explore
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The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
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I have a 60-acre farm in North Carolina, and I have a tractor and a farmhouse. As soon as I groom the land, I want to put cabins around and have a place where people can write and hang out. It'll be either that or an all-black nudist colony.
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'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armoury of the modern commander.
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Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.
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For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.'
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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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I hope that people will see that we don't have to sit by the sidelines and watch as the two major parties limit their choices to slightly different flavors of the status quo. It is, in fact, possible to join the fray, stand up for principles and offer a real alternative.
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I'm still learning how to do things - like lining my eyes? Forget it.
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Excellence always sells.
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I get along with guys; most of my friends are guys. It's easier to trust men sometimes. I only have a few close girlfriends that I trust.
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It all begins with the initial tone coming from the cabinet, but EQ at the board is very important.
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You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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It is just as important to set apart time for the development of our aesthetic faculties as for cultivating the money-getting instinct. A man cannot live by bread alone. His higher life demands an impalpable food.
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He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest.
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We tried many times before to speed on the social revolution in Spain; attempted to stir up the feelings of the people and to raise the banner of Libertarian Communism.
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All of us are going to have to find ways to do things more efficiently, find ways to get our costs more in line, and do it in a time of higher regulatory and environmental standards.
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Judaism is a whole line of values that have existed for thousands of years, but the democratic idea is a new idea, and significant parts of it stand in contradiction to Judaism.
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There are only three things I can do - make a dress, decorate a house, and entertain people.
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Equity capital is expensive. Every time you do a raise, you dilute.
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For me, the magic of Hawaii comes from the stillness, the sea, the stars.
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I will always need my son, no matter what age I am. My son has made me laugh, made me proud, made me cry, seen me cry, hugged me tight, seen me fail, cheered me up, kept me on my toes, and at times driven me crazy, But my son is a promise that I will have a friend forever!
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To give a man his life but deny him his liberty, is to take from him all that makes his life worth living. To give him his liberty but take from him the property which is the fruit and badge of his liberty, is to still leave him a slave.
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The last refuge of the intelligentsia: when life gets too difficult, go find something to read.
