"Act swiftly and vigorously, without 'buts' and 'ifs'."
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"If thou dost not sow, thou shalt not reap."
"If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you'll never learn."
"If you don't contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you're not thinking."
"If I had eyes in the back of my head, I would have told you you looked good as I walked away."
"If I won't be myself, who will?"
"If you’re not mad at the world, you don’t have what it takes"
"If you dont have any shadows you're not in the light"
"If you only ever did the things you don’t want to do, you’d have everything you’ve ever wanted."
"If nothing in this world satisfies me, perhaps it is because I was made for another world."
"If I collect anything, it's lingerie."
"At this point in my life Id like to live as if only love mattered."
"If your enemy is superior, evade him"
"If it was up to me, there wouldn't be no such thing as the establishment."
"No one wants the truth if it is inconvenient."
"If you don't decide where you're going, life will decide for you."
"If you possess something but you can't give it away, then you don't possess it... it possesses you."
"If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of."
"Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription."
"If the U.S. is going to defend itself, why shouldn't we do the same? We only want to be treated equally, nothing more."