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 Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.  The people's right to change what does not work is one of the greatest principles of our system of government. Don't be afraid of hard work. Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away. Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship. He who fights and runs away May live to fight another day. But he who is in battle slain, Can never rise to fight again. Do not forget that prayer is ordained for the purpose of glorifying the name of God. Therefore, whether you pray for big things or for little things, say to God, "If it will glorify Thy name, then grant my prayer and help me." Middle age: when you're sitting at home on Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you. In the field of world policy I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor. Talking is like playing on the harp, there is as much in laying the hand on the strings to stop their vibrations as in twanging them to bring out their music. Books ... rarely, if ever, talk about what children can make of themselves, about the powers that from the day or moment of birth are present in every child. The Republicans have their splits right after election and Democrats have theirs just before an election. He who receives a good turn should never forget it; he who does one should never remember it. Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation. Computers can figure out all kinds of problems, except the things in the world that just don't add up. I liked to sail alone. The sea was the same as a girl to me - I did not want anyone else along. I was never less alone than when by myself., Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life, I find. How the past perishes is how the future becomes. The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves. 
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