A. A. Milne Quotes

If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.

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• I don't have specific music for when I'm writing. I'm usually listening to the same playlist or 'artist' before I arrive at the computer as when I'm walking somewhere after leaving the computer.

  

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• If the Chinese will not learn the true principles of government, all else will be useless. Knowledge is power, and although a country may be weak, still, if it possess but a modicum of knowledge, the enemy will not be able to completely overthrow it; although that country may be in danger, the race will not be extirpated.

  

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• But getting your party structure right may also be a precondition for getting your policies right.

  

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• A show hosted by a black had never been accepted, so the first time that knob's turned on, people are judging against all they have ever been taught. I may have been the first black in the house.

  

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• In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.

  

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• Let's find those areas where modest and reasonable tax cuts will have the biggest positive impact on our economy, and which will improve the lives of those who need it most: working families, retirees, and small business owners.

  

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• Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries.

  

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• It is surprising how little most small business values the customers. A positive feedback from the customer is critical to your business, and what's more important is their referral.

  

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• I know I got to do something that's one in a million, to escape a refugee camp, to come to this country and have so many doors open for me. So I want to go back and make a difference and give motivation or hope to all the kids that never got to leave or have the privilege that I did.

  

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• Democracy's a very fragile thing. You have to take care of democracy. As soon as you stop being responsible to it and allow it to turn into scare tactics, it's no longer democracy, is it? It's something else. It may be an inch away from totalitarianism.

  

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• International summits and organisations like WTO take decisions, which will bind us, and if we are not present in such summits, we may be hurt by the decisions taken.

  

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• The business model - where books can be returned, and where a 50% sell-through is considered acceptable - is archaic and wasteful. Writers get small royalties, little say in how their books are marketed and sold, and simple things like cover and title approval are unheard of unless you're a huge bestseller.

  

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• Sarah Palin may have chosen to not answer the call for the presidency, but make no mistake, the principles that garnered her the unique support she enjoyed continue to inform and drive the base that lifted her.

  

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• I love listening to music on holiday, and back in the old days, I used to travel with cassette tapes and a boombox.

  

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• When you have success, people think you know what you're doing, and you start to agree with them, you think you can conquer the world. But you go from grandiosity to panic.

  

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• My dad's a biophysicist. My brother is a computer guy. His wife works at Microsoft.

  

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• Someone was asking me what my favorite outfit is, and 100%, without a doubt in my mind, is my forever lazy.

  

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• In market valuation, Yahoo is worth about as much Walt Disney and the News Corporation combined.

  

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• If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.

  

  A. A. Milne
  • May
  • Small
  • Listening