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The greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress.


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The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.

The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.



The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.



Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.

Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.



When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'



Happiness is a direction, not a place.

Happiness is a direction, not a place.



History repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done.

History repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done.



The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, 'I was wrong'.

The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, 'I was wrong'.



There's no point in burying a hatchet if you're going to put up a marker on the site.

There's no point in burying a hatchet if you're going to put up a marker on the site.



Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.



The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.

The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.





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Being in the country is like being in a dream—one doesn't quite know who one is. There is an anonymity to it all—that strange human creature that is me, one among all.

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Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

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Ah! two desires toss about The poet's feverish blood; One drives him to the world without, And one to solitude.

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Don't write about trying to change the world, just write about a changed world or a world that's not changing. Let that do the work.

Don't write about trying to change the world, just write about a changed world or a world that's not changing. Let that do the work.



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Men are superior to women. For one thing, men can urinate from a speeding car.

Men are superior to women. For one thing, men can urinate from a speeding car.




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