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"Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience."

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"Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively."

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"Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away."

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"Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent."

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"Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise."

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"Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices."

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"Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us - and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning."

Louisa May Alcott, American Novelist

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"Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes direction."

Dante Alighieri, Italian Poet

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"Metaphysical thinking will always no doubt be a strong element in her mentality, and it is to be hoped that she will never lose her great, her sovereign powers in that direction."

Sri Aurobindo, Indian Philosopher

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"Of all the toys available, none is better designed than the owner himself. A large multipurpose plaything, its parts can be made to move in almost any direction. It comes completely assembled, and it makes a sound when you jump on it."

Stephen Baker, American Athlete

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"If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else."

Yogi Berra, American Athlete

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"But I would say if the Security Council is only relevant if it agrees with the United States, then we have come a long way in a direction that I do not like very much."

Hans Blix, Swedish Diplomat

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"We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the light of every passing ship."

Omar N. Bradley, American Soldier

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"And, of course, method is very important as is a high-quality specialist (trainer) working with you to keep you going in the right direction for your improvement and to help create results."

Sergei Bubka, Ukrainian Athlete

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"I wrote five issues of that and got the sack. Actually, they paid me for eight, but they changed their minds about the direction and threw three issues out the window."

Eddie Campbell, Scottish Artist

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"In the period from 1824 to 1833, the tendency was steadily in the former direction, but it was only in the latter part of it that it was made really efficient."

Henry Charles Carey, American Economist

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