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It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.

Cause Determined Few Leaders
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The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.

Children Devil Failure God
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The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.
Always Before Brighter Just
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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

Belief Defined Faith Illogical
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There's a glorious sense of freedom in comedy, just allowing myself to tell jokes, allowing myself to interrupt myself and tell old African folk stories that I made up - or didn't - and Jamaican stories.

African Allowing Comedy Folk
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You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it.

Being Between Bored Daydreaming
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Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

Also Democracy Form Worship
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Belief Collective Democracy Ignorance
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A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.

Capable Individuals Made Original
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No one in this world, so far as I know - and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me - has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people.

Agents Employed Ever Far
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Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.

Been Chest Ever Get
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The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.

Able Almost Any Conclusion
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A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

Examination His Judge Law
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Like some kind of particularly tenacious vampire the short story refuses to die, and seems at this point in time to be a wonderful length for our generation.

Die Generation Kind Length
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All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.

Admit Between Deny Difference
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I think the short story is a very underrated art form. We know that novels deserve respect.
Art Art Form Deserve Form
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You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

Action Develop Goals Life
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Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.

Antiques Dear Friends Most
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With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers; but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood; your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look - for dizzier heights.

Attitude Dizzy Height Climb
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The history of science shows that theories are perishable. With every new truth that is revealed we get a better understanding of Nature and our conceptions and views are modified.

Perishable Science History Revealed
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Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner.

Back Dinner Dreams Far
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.

Care Children Flower Gardens
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From my childhood I had been intended for the clergy. This prospect hung like a dark cloud on my mind.
Childhood Clergy Prospect Hung
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Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

Backwards Discipline Forward Going
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When I was 7, my proudest possession would have been my bookshelf 'cause I had alphabetized all of the books on my bookshelf.

Been Books Cause Had
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Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.

Deprive Hope Might Never
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I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.

Even Expect Lose Never
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When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don't let anyone persuade you to say it.

Anyone Important Interesting Nothing
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Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.

Carefully Choose Come Decision
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When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it's a good indication of what you're made of.

Angry Frustrated Good Indication
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There is no longer a way out of our present situation except by forging a road toward our objective, violently and by force, over a sea of blood and under a horizon blazing with fire.

Present Situation Forging Towards
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People do not want words - they want the sound of battle - the battle of destiny.

People Words Battle Destiny
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They defended the grains of sand in the desert to the last drop of their blood

Defended Grains Sand Desert
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If you ask the CEO of some major corporation what he does, he will say, in all honesty, that he is slaving 20 hours a day to provide his customers with the best goods or services he can and creating the best possible working conditions for his employees.

Corporation Honesty Creating Conditions
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It's a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided.
Miracle Nuclear War Avoided
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If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.

Nuremberg Post-war American President
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We have to go along a road covered with blood. We have no other alternative. For us it is a matter of life or death, a matter of living or existing. We have to be ready to face the challenges that await us.

Road Death Blood Alternative
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We can, for example, be fairly confident that either there will be a world without war or there won't be a world - at least, a world inhabited by creatures other than bacteria and beetles, with some scattering of others.

Example Fairly Confident Inhabited
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He who can not support himself, can not take his own decision

Support Take Decision
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Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.

Fact Important Attitude Determines
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I'm the world 'Guinness Book of Records' holder of 1,749 hugs in one hour. My arms fell off.

Arms Book Fell Guinness
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Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

Believe Faith Abilities Humble
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Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

Action Restorer Builder Confidence
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The greatest news that I could ever say is that Jesus is Lord and Savior of my life. He is my friend. He is with me wherever I go. I'm so delighted to continue to grow in my relationship to Jesus.

Continue Could Delighted Ever
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Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

Understanding Overcome Situation Mysterious
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Often people ask how I manage to be happy despite having no arms and no legs. The quick answer is that I have a choice. I can be angry about not having limbs, or I can be thankful that I have a purpose. I chose gratitude.

About Angry Answer Arms
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Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.

Shoulder Drop Atlas World
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Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture... Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.

Stamp Indelibly Mind Mental
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When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.

Pray You Modify Personal
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Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.

Watch Speech Develop Peaceful
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