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I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people.

Save People Economy Policy
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I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.

Effort Deem Very Proclaim
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There is only one form of political strategy in which I have any confidence, and that is to try to do the right thing and sometimes be able to succeed.

Form Strategy Confidence Succeed
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It has been my observation in life that, if one will only exercise the patience to wait, his wants are likely to be filled.

Life Observation Exercise Patience
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I'd rather have money and be broken-hearted than be broke and broken-hearted.

Money Rather Broken Hearted
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I do feel kind of guilty sometimes 'cause, like, I could buy myself a $5,000 dress or a $3,000 dress, and I'm buying these things, but I'm knowing that my cousin need money for the rent. And then I gotta tell myself, 'Stop feeling guilty. You worked for this.'

Feel Guilty Sometimes Like
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After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

Climbing Hill After Only
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Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.

Sky Dream Work Conspires
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Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.

Rest Error Truth Knowledge
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An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

Heart Enough Brilliant Gratitude
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Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.

Power Love Shadow Rule
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Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

Develop Faliure Success Stone
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Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a little less talent might not have been better.

Between Human Qualities Little
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Talk to someone about themselves and they’ll listen for hours.

Listen Talk Someone Hours
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We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore, the judgment of the intellect is, at best, only the half of truth, and must, if it be honest, also come to an understanding of its inadequacy.

Pretend Understand World Intellect
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If a man knows more than others, he becomes lonely.
Lonely Knows Man Becomes
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As any change must begin somewhere, it is the single individual who will experience it and carry it through. The change must indeed begin with an individual; it might be any one of us. Nobody can afford to look round and to wait for somebody else to do what he is loath to do himself.

Change Begin Single Individual
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I have come to the conclusion that there is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument— and that is to avoid it.

Avoid Best Under High
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One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.

Reason Bird Impress Other
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If You Want to Gather Honey, Don't Kick Over the Beehive
Want Gather Honey Kick
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Why talk about what we want? That is childish. Absurd. Of course, you are interested in what you want. You are eternally interested in it. But no one else is. The rest of us are just like you: we are interested in what we want.

Rest Eternally Course Absurd
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I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy.

Group Black Every Should
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No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone… you answer it.

Matter Old Answer Phone
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I support anyone’s right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate in your self-image?

Support Question Extent Right
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Everyone around me says, “You’re a genius! You’re great! That’s your voice! But I’m not sure if they’re right.

Around Genius Great Voice
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To not be modest about it, you'll find that with only a couple of exceptions, most of the musicians that I've worked with have done their best work by far with me.

About Best Couple Done
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And I saw the sax line-up that he had behind him and I thought, I'm going to learn the saxophone. When I grow up, I'm going to play in his band. So I sort of persuaded my dad to get me a kind of a plastic saxophone on the hire purchase plan.

Band Behind Dad Get
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But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album's worth of work as his legacy. That's all that life allowed him.

Album Allowed Got Guy
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I've made over 25 studio albums, and I think probably I've made two real stinkers in my time, and some not-bad albums, and some really good albums. I'm proud of what I've done. In fact it's been a good ride.

Albums Been Done Fact
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Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity. So it's like, just take advantage of these last few years because none of this is ever going to happen again. You'd better be prepared for doing a lot of touring because that's really the only unique situation that's going to be left.

Advantage Again Become Better
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I don't have stylistic loyalty. That's why people perceive me changing all the time. But there is a real continuity in my subject matter. As an artist of artifice, I do believe I have more integrity than any one of my contemporaries.

Any Artifice Artist Believe
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The worst curse to befall anyone is stagnation, a banal existence, the quiet desperation that comes out of a need for conformity.

Worse Curse Conformity Need
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Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.
Money Success Freedom Create
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Writing a song is so personal. You have to have trust in someone you're working with; otherwise, you're not gonna come out with something that's really you.

Trust Working Writing Come
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You can write a song about being in love with someone, but you don't have to be in love with anyone.

Love Someone Song Write
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Time is kind of an amazing thing because you can do so much with it. I think people underestimate time... I don't want to just sit on my phone for hours.

Amazing Because Hour Just
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I don't want people at my shows to come out and say, 'I just saw a cool show.' I want them to say, 'I had fun at the show.' I want it to be a collaborative thing and be part of the audience and have them be part of me. I try to interact with everyone there and have them be equal to me because they are.

Audience Because Collaborative Come
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“Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.”

Money Becoming Capabilities Want
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God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

God Hand Give Receive
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A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.

Allowed Anyone Child Disrespectful
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Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

Think Afraid Greatness Steppingstone
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I mean, I feel like you get more bees with honey. But that doesn't mean I don't get frustrated in my life.

Honey Bees Mean Life
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Everybody needs that one person that takes you to the right place to see all the positives in your life.

Life Person Positive Everybody
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“Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.”

WIlling Awkward Uncomfortable New
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“The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.”

MIstake Living Fear Constant
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“Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”

About Titles Flowchart Life
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“If we are growing we are always going to be outside our comfort zone.”
Comfort Growing Always Outside
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“If you don’t have peace, it isn’t because someone took it from you; you gave it away. You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you.”

Peace Cannot Control Happens
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“To add value to others, one must first value others.”

Add Value Must Others
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“There are two paths people can take. They can either play now and pay later, or pay now and play later. Regardless of the choice, one thing is certain. Life will demand a payment.”

REgardless Choice Payment Certain
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