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 A hero is a man who does what he can.  Some are satisfied to stand politely before the portals of Fortune and to await her bidding; better those who push forward, who employ their enterprise, who on the wings of their worth and valor seek to embrace luck, and to effectively gain her favor. There is a master key to success with which no man can fail. Its name is simplicity ... reducing to the simplest possible terms every problem. If at first you succeed, don't take any more stupid chances. The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life. Hope is a very unruly emotion. Ah sorts of allowances are made for the illusions of youth; and none, or almost none, for the disenchantments of age. A reformer is a guy who rides through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat. A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake. Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. We must have the courage to be happy. Reasons are whores. Thank God for dirty dishes; they have a tale to tell. While other folks go hungry, we're eating pretty well. With home, and health, and happiness, we shouldn't want to fuss; For by this stack of evidence, God's very good to us. I'd like to introduce a man with a lot of charm, talent, and wit. Unfortunately, he couldn't be here tonight, so instead . . . You've never seen this country It's not the way you thought it was Look again. - Al Purdy Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification. These families, you know, are our upper crust, not upper ten thousand. You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door. Hope costs nothing. - Colette The Court's authority - possessed of neither the purse nor the sword -ultimately rests on substantial public confidence in its moral sanctions. 
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