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A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.


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I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.



Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.

Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.



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The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.



Between 9 and 10 AM the American radio is concerned almost exclusively with love. It seems a little like ending breakfast with a stiff bourbon.

Between 9 and 10 AM the American radio is concerned almost exclusively with love. It seems a little like ending breakfast with a stiff bourbon.



Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.



The great corrupter of public men is the ego - corrupter because distracter. Wealth, sensuality, power cannot hold a candle to it. Looking in the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.

The great corrupter of public men is the ego - corrupter because distracter. Wealth, sensuality, power cannot hold a candle to it. Looking in the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.



Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.

Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.



I have a curious and apprehensive feeling as I watch JFK that he is sort of an Indian snake charmer.

I have a curious and apprehensive feeling as I watch JFK that he is sort of an Indian snake charmer.



The limitations imposed by democratic political practices makes it difficult to conduct our foreign affairs in the national interest.

The limitations imposed by democratic political practices makes it difficult to conduct our foreign affairs in the national interest.



You can't argue with a river, it isgoing to flow.You can dam it up?put it to useful purposes?deflect it, but you can't argue with it.

You can't argue with a river, it isgoing to flow.You can dam it up?put it to useful purposes?deflect it, but you can't argue with it.





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Being healthy is sufficient proof of one having a strong character. The rest is subjective.



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If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?



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Pears are my favorite fruit! Reminds me of childhood.



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I was in them million dollar meetings, he was cheatin. All up in the church, he was sneakin wit the deacon.



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Happy it were for us all if we bore prosperity as well and as wisely as we endure adverse fortune.



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Beware of the tyranny of making small changes to small things. Rather, make big changes to big things.



Let us return to our eagle's nest in the Himalayas. It is waiting for us, for it is ours, eaglets of Europe, we need not renounce any part of our real nature...whence we formerly took our flight.

Let us return to our eagle's nest in the Himalayas. It is waiting for us, for it is ours, eaglets of Europe, we need not renounce any part of our real nature...whence we formerly took our flight.



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I want to go to my grave a free man. Surviving against giants-that's victory.




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