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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
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A house divided against itself cannot stand.
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I can feel guilty about the past, Apprehensive about the future,but only in the present can I act.The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
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I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, "Hey, I made a mistake." Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing. I don't believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people. Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.
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Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'
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People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly go on multiplying relationships to the end.
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Science fiction is a field of writing where, month after month, every printed word implies to hundreds of thousands of people: 'There is change. Look, today's fantastic story is tomorrow's fact.
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Find a need and fill it. Successful businesses are founded on the needs of people.
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Some of my academic friends think Ive fallen from a very special grace.
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If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
