"Man will take anything you like, except warning."

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Source : "Sketches from Life". Book by Samuel Laman Blanchard, Volumes 1-2, 1846.

Samuel Laman Blanchard

#Men Quotes #Warning Quotes

“The practice of leadership is not the same as the exercise of power.”
“There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'”
“I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champion.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I'm surprised at the extent of the bigotry. But it really plays out when companies or schools take a side and prohibit the other platform at all. We Mac users should be good even when the other side is bad. We should do what we can to accept the other platforms.”
“Every generation needs a new revolution.”
“If I could go back in time and tell my younger self that eventually that I'd become very successful writing Dune books after Frank Herbert's death, I would have laughed myself silly, I think, at how strange that prospect would be.”
“Tolkien understood about the things that happen after the end. Because this is after the end, this is all the Scouring of the Shire, this is figuring out how to live in the time that wasnâ€™t supposed to happen after the glorious last stand. I saved the world, or I think I did, and look, the world is still here, with sunsets and interlibrary loans. And it doesnâ€™t care about me any more than the Shire cared about Frodo.”
“While we are sleeping, two-thirds of the world is plotting to do us in.”

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