"True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation."

-- George Washington

#Friendship Quotes #Inspiration Quotes #4th Of July Quotes

“If someone doesn't fit in your company, you have an obligation to get rid of them, because you're holding them back from excelling elsewhere.”
“I learnt just how little it takes to survive, which is why I donâ€™t waste things â€“ food, money, friendships or opportunities.”

Source : Alek Wek (2007). “Alek: Sudanese Refugee to International Supermodel”, Virago Press (UK)
“Work, hard work, intelligent work, and then more work.”

Source : James J. Hill (2001). “Highways of Progress”, The Minerva Group, Inc.
“You can always find the sample that covers what you're hearing, but barely...it allows me to really concentrate on words.”

Source : Interview with Chris Dahlen, pitchfork.com. March 6, 2005.
“In her abhorrrence of a vacuum, Nature, for the furtherance of her favorite hobby, has often to resort to strange devices. If she could but understand that vacuity is sometimes better than superfluity!”
“The urge to distribute wealth equally, and still more the belief that it can be brought about by political action, is the most dangerous of all popular emotions. It is the legitimation of envy, of all the deadly sins the one which a stable society based on consensus should fear the most. The monster state is a source of many evils; but it is, above all, an engine of envy.”
“There is no river at all, and no boat, and no boatman. There is not even a rope to tow the boat, and no one to pull it. There is no earth, no sky, no time, no thing, no shore, no ford!”
“I love rain. It's lucky, I always think.”

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