"I come from people who have always been polite enough to feel that nothing has ever happened to them."

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Patricia Hampl

#People Quotes #Enough Quotes #Polite Quotes

“Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences.”
“I'm a private contractor now. I choose my clients, not the other way around.”
“As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.”
“We foolishly did not realize Saddam was stupid.”
“My training was that you fill in the canvas where it needs colour and polishing. You start with the words on the first night and keep adding bits of business.”
“I was assigned boy at birth but I have always known I was a girl.”
“Fondly we think we honor merit then, when we but praise ourselves in other men.”
“Despite their good intentions, today's businesses are missing an opportunity to integrate social responsibility and day-to-day business objectives - to do good and make money simultaneously.”

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