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«No one has ever suffered from his people as I have.»
«Many of life's circumstances are created by three basic choices: the disciplines you choose to keep, the people you choose to be with; and, the laws you choose to obey»
«My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there.»
«Let us believe neither half of the good people tell us about ourselves, nor half the bad they say of others.»
Author: Jonathan Petit Senn | About: People
«Never reveal all of yourself to other people; hold back something in reserve so that people are never quite sure if they really know you.»
«Look around you. The trees, flowers, birds, every animal and insect; every living thing. It?s miraculous. And it is all going to die. You will too, and so will all of those you love. The time will come when you will have to say good-bye to people. You don't know when. It could be tomorrow or next week. Yet, we live as if it will never happen. We get angry with our children or our partner, then leave for the day or longer, forgetting that if something terrible were to befall them, our last words would have been words of resentment and frustration, not love. And we would have to find a way to live with that.»
«Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.»
«Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.»
Author: William James (Philosopher, Psychologist) | About: People | Keywords: find out, wind
«More than 820 million people in the world suffer from hunger; and 790 million of them live in the Third World.»
Author: Fidel Castro | About: Hunger, People, Suffering | Keywords: The Third, Third World
«Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be»
Author: Abraham Lincoln (President) | About: Mind, People | Keywords: folks, make up

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