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"When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion...th at in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing-you may know that your society is doomed."
"There is no need for the writer to eat a whole sheep to be able to tell you what mutton tastes like. It is enough if he eats a cutlet. But he should do that."
"You need a lot of curiosity for a long, long time."
"I'm doing what I want to do, and I don't care what you think you need!"
"Fear God and you need not fear anyone else."
"I always say if the house I live in is comfortable, and I have all the amenities I need, then what more can you ask for?"
"For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture."
"The great corporations which we have grown to speak of rather loosely as trusts are the creatures of the State, and the State not only has the right to control them, but it is duty bound to control them wherever the need of such control is shown."
"Hell is having to execute a pointless act from which nothing ever comes except the need to do it again."
"In 13 years I've come to the conclusion that I need to play for second or third place."
"But logic is not all, one needs one's heart to follow an idea."
"At the moment of their emancipation, women have a need to write their own histories."
"Your job isn’t to make money. It’s to find a problem that needs solving."
"Instead, to be financially free, we need to learn how to make mistakes and manage risk."
"There is no rule of law until the Mafia needs lawyers."
"You need to have a collaborative hiring process."
"The ego needs recognition. The spirit does not need to thank itself."
"Vanity and narcissism — the compulsive need to be admired and praised — undermine one's courage, for one then fights on someone else's conviction rather than one's own."
"Behind my non-cooperation there is always the keenest desire to cooperate on the slightest pretext even with the worst of opponents. To me, a very imperfect mortal, ever in need of God's grace, no one is beyond redemption."
"Fear has its use, but cowardice has none. I may not put my finger into the jaws of a snake, but the very sight of the snake need not strike terror into me."
