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 I'm at an age where my back goes out more than I do.  The only way to have a friend is to be one. I have known men who could see through the motivations of others with the skill of a clairvoyant; only to prove blind to their own mistakes. I have been one of those men. It is brave to be involved. It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust. The one law that does not change is that everything changes, and the hardship I was bearing today was only a breath away from the pleasures I would have tomorrow, and those pleasures would be all the richer because of the memories of this I was enduring. The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is. I feel when people say 'bigger and better' they should say 'bigger and badder'. A blind man in a dark room - looking for a black hat which isn't there. If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, try it for eight, sixteen, thirty-two, and so on. Eventually, one discovers that it is not boring, but very interesting. Make yourself necessary to somebody. The present is the blocks with which we build. My God, this is a hell of a job. I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends, my goddamn friends. They're the ones that keep me walking the floor nights. Fear, desire, hope still push us on toward the future. He mourns the dead who lives as they desire. Give me a man with a good allowance of nose,... when I want any good head-work done I choose a man - provided his education has been suitable - with a long nose. - Napoleon Better hazard once than always be in fear. It is very nice to think The world is full of meat and drink With little children saying grace In every Christian kind of place. If I were starting life over again, I am inclined to think that I would go into the advertising business in preference to almost any other. The general raising of standards of modern civilization among all groups of people during the past half-century would have been impossible without that spreading of the knowledge of higher standards by means of advertising. Happiness ... consists in giving, and in serving others. 
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