Barack Obama
Politician
"No one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built it together."
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Jorge Luis Borges
Writer, Poet
"Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone."
Coco Chanel
Fashion Designer
"Strength is built by one's failures, not by one's successes."
Gracie Allen
Actress, Comedian
"They laughed at Joan of Arc, but she went right ahead and built it."
Lincoln Chafee
Politician
"Trust is built with consistency."
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"God built the universe on numbers."
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"Don’t buy luxuries until you’ve built the assets to afford them"
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"The Hercules' was a monumental undertaking. It is the largest aircraft ever built... I put the sweat of my life into this thing."
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"Only those who are built up can build others up, amen?"
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"It is not our wealth that built our roads, but it is our roads that built our wealth."
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"Great companies are built on great products."
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"As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement."
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"Optimism requires confidence, and confidence is built on trust. And trust, as we know, flows in both directions."
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"We are built to be effective animals, not happy ones."
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"All my successes have been built on my failures."
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"Organizations are no longer built on force, but on trust."
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"Cheops' Law: Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget."
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"I'm not a genetically superior person. I built my body."
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"And here you are hurried, And here you are gone; And here is the love, That it's all built upon."
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"There are actresses who build themselves, and then there are actresses who are built by others. I want to build myself."
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"Nobody ever built a statue to a committee."
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"Your character is slowly built and quickly eroded. You're definitely influenced whatever you are immersed in and whatever you're around and what you're a part of."
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"I built my talents on the shoulders of someone else's talent."
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"Rome wasn't built in a day."
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"In fashion even what seems most fragile must be built on cement."
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