"The broader the topic, the easier it is, not only to fill a book, but to set the bar pretty high for really great stuff."

-- Mary Roach

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“You show me someone who can't understand people and I'll show you someone who has built up a false image of himself.”
“I wasn't tempted to have my private parts decorated.”
“There is no consensus even today on the merits of Napoleon - and certainly no agreement on the rights and wrongs of the origins of the First World War.”
“So the better my partner or my opposition, however you like to think about it, the better my game.”

Source : "Jeremy Irons on Integrity". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. October 27, 2000.
“We need to do what we can do and let God do what we cannot.”
“People don't place their trust in government or company pension plans; they have to be self-reliant.”
“For who that noght dar undertake, Be riht he schal no profit take [For who that dare not undertake, By right he shall no profit take. i.e., Nothing ventured, nothing gained.]”
“The essence of the conflict today, really, is cars versus peopleâ€¦We can have a city that is very friendly to cars, or a city that is very friendly to people. We cannot have both.”

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