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Looks are part of business. A businessman should never stand out more than his customers. His mannerisms, his clothes, everything about him... Moderation is the key.: Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
The good or ill of a man lies within his own will.: Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD)
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.: Margaret Thatcher (1925 - ), interview with Barbara Walters on ABC-TV, March 18, 1987
Only sick music makes money today.: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), Der Fall Wagner, Section 5
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The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
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Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday...The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production.: Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982)
Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.: John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down.: Flip Wilson (1933 - 1998)
Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
Passion is seldom the end of any story, for it cannot long endure if it is not soon supplemented with true affection and mutual respect.: Kathryn L. Nelson, Pemberley Manor, 2006
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The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.: Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)
Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.: Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)
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I have a rock garden. Last week three of them died.: Richard Diran
Only some people get what they want. Those are the people who show up to get it.: Dianne Houston, Take The Lead, 2006
Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.: Miguel de Cervantes (1547 - 1616)
There's always somebody who is paid too much, and taxed too little - and it's always somebody else.: Cullen Hightower
Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
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The point is that no matter what your feelings are, your children will be better off if you make them your central focus and work diligently at keeping the parenting relationship civil and cooperative.: Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011
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I think when I work 14 hours a day, seven days a week, I get lucky.: Armand Hammer (1898 - 1990)