"The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to be kind to."
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"I'm not comfortable with categories, and I distrust most definitions. The word 'definition' is based on the word 'finite,' which would seem to indicate that once we've defined something, we don't need to think about it anymore."
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"The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect. You need a temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the crowd or against the crowd."
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"Everybody need a partner to stand right by their side. Not only down for the good times. But also down through the bad times."
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"Good wine needs no bush."
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"He must needs go that the devil drives."
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"Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them."
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"In Success you deserve it and in defeat, you need it."
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"There is no need to exaggerate the part played in the creation of the Bolshevism and in the actual bringing about of the Russian Revolution, by these international and for the most part atheistical Jews."
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"I have often said that it doesn't matter to me if a student tells me he is a leader of the left, unless he is a good student. We need good students."
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"Mike Smith - living proof of the need for ejector seats in helicopters."
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"Man needs a guru. But a man must have faith in the guru's words. He succeeds in spiritual life by looking on his guru as God Himself."
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"There is nobody who is so enlightened that they don't need to work on themselves."
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"You can't inspire people with facts. They need a cause. They need a symbol."
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"We need our Arts to teach us how to breathe"
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"Most everybody thinks that if I want to get big rewards I need to take huge risks. But if you keep thinking that, you're gonna be broke."
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"Simply put: time is fluid. The faster your world spins out of control, the slower timer crawls. The more time you need, the less you're sure to get. It's all relative"
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"The true price of leadership is the willingness to place the needs of others above your own. Great leaders truly care about those they are privileged to lead and understand that the true cost of the leadership privilege comes at the expense of self-interest."
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"When the need arises - and it does - you must be able to shoot your own dog. Don't farm it out — that doesn't make it nicer, it makes it worse."
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"We need useless theory more than ever today."
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