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"But knowing what I don’t want to do doesn’t help me figure out what I do want to do. I could do just about anything if somebody made me. But I don’t have an image of the one thing I really want to do. That’s my problem now. I can’t find the image."
"I personally make sure that some of my investments are in foreign securities or in international commodity portfolios that are independent of the US dollar. But that's a personal preference. I do not invest in currencies because it's so complicated and so risky. I would not attempt that without excellent professional help."
"... one's own faults are always a heavy chain to drag through life and one can't help groaning under the weight now and then."
"Dangers lurk in all systems. Systems incorporate the unexamined beliefs of their creators. Adopt a system, accept its beliefs, and you help strengthen the resistance to change"
"We will all, at some point in our lives, fall. Every single one of us. We shouldn't spend our time trying to avoid falling. We should spend it finding someone who will help us up!"
"A lower-paying job can still help you advance your career."
"I think of everything that I want to say and then I think of the way that I can say it most precisely. And this has to do with poetry too, to me, that poetry helps me focus on the details of language."
"HELP = H(umor), E-go, edging God out, L-istening, P-urpose"
"He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe. [He that is fallen cannot help him that is down.]"
"Musick helps not the tooth-ach."
"I was able to put something back. I was able to be of help to [Frank Sinatra] when he needed my help - and he did need somebody's help."
"Self-help and self-control are the essence of the American tradition."
"A Christian cannot help being free, because in the pursuit and attainment of his object, no one can either hinder or retard him."
"What am I coming for?" he repeated, looking straight into her eyes. "You know that I have come to be where you are," he said; "I can't help it."
"The wide world is full of people wanting help, Jon. Would that some could find the courage to help themselves. - Lord Commander Mormont"
""Come at once," she had written to him. "Help me. Save me. I need you now as I have never needed you before. I love you. I love you. I love you. Come at once""
"Wage restraint was helping businesses out and now it's not. Have we tipped over the edge? Maybe not, but the trend in wages is moving higher."
"Taking stock of what you own, when done correctly and thoroughly, helps dampen the urge to shop frivolously."
"Education is really aimed at helping students get to the point where they can learn on their own. . ."
"I could not help being struck with the foolishness of that institution which treated me as if I were mere flesh and blood and bones, to be locked up."
