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“When someone speaks we ought to get three things out of the message. First and least important (but still very important), we ought to get what is said. Second, and more important, we ought to have a spiritual experience. Third, and most important, we should keep the commitments we make to ourselves.”
Source : Paraphrased in "Food Storage" by Vaughn J. Featherstone, www.lds.org. April 1976.
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“Innovation basically involves making obsolete that which you did before.”
Source : Jay Abraham (2010). “The Sticking Point Solution: 9 Ways to Move Your Business from Stagnation to Stunning Growth in Tough Economic Times (Large Print 16pt)”, p.27, ReadHowYouWant.com
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“Experience has taught that politics is a game played by conmen and hypocrites.”
Source : Michela Wrong (2000). “In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo”, Fourth Estate
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“Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative.”
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“For a time during the early settlement of this country peace and goodwill prevailed, only to be followed later by violent and relentless warfare.”
Source : Nelson A. Miles (1992). “Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles, Embracing a Brief View of the Civil War, Or, From New England to the Golden Gate and the Story of His Indian Campaigns with Comments on the Exploration, Development, and Progress of Our Great Western Empire”, p.341, U of Nebraska Press
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“I rely on regular chiropractic care to keep in shape for my strenuous type of acting and singing.”
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“You know, when you think about it, that’s kind of a weird thing. I mean it’s meant to be sympathetic, right? But it’s kind of not. Like you’re telling the person there’s nothing unique about what they’re saying I considered this as a couple of kids on Rollerblades whizzed past, hockey sticks over their shoulders. “Yeah,†I said, finally, “but you could also look at it the other way. Like no matter how bad things are for you, I can still relate.”
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“Trends don't mean very much.”