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A little evil is often necessary for obtaining a great good.


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If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.



It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.



The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.



Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.



Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.



Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.



The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.



Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.



The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.





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We will work as a group, we need to be a real team, that is the only way to go far

We will work as a group, we need to be a real team, that is the only way to go far



I don't need to be liked.

I don't need to be liked.



The most evocative thing to me is probably when a writer and a group of performers can collectively put together something compelling that asks the really simple question: 'How do we live?'

The most evocative thing to me is probably when a writer and a group of performers can collectively put together something compelling that asks the really simple question: 'How do we live?'



As a chapter closes in your life, And a new one starts for you, May your years be filled with all the things You've been looking forward to!

As a chapter closes in your life, And a new one starts for you, May your years be filled with all the things You've been looking forward to!



We make butterflies by feeding caterpillars, not by trying to paste wings on them. Kids need to like themselves the way they are, and we can help them develop a positive self-image.

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We do not look for compromise; rather, we seek to resolve the conflict to everyone's complete satisfaction.

We do not look for compromise; rather, we seek to resolve the conflict to everyone's complete satisfaction.



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