"Everybody has a right to be stupid, but some people abuse the privilege."
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"It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own."
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"It's not the people who vote that count. It's the people who count the votes."
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"Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine."
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"When I got enough confidence, the stage was gone. When I was sure of losing, I won. When I needed people the most, they left me. When I learnt to dry my tears, I found a shoulder to cry on. And when I mastered the art of hating, somebody started loving me."
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"How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again!"
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"Surround yourself with people who make you happy. People who make you laugh, who help you when you’re in need. People who genuinely care. They are the ones worth keeping in your life. Everyone else is just passing through."
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"Nobody escapes being wounded. We are all wounded people, whether physically, emotionally, mentally, or spiritually. The main question is not, 'How can we hide our wounds?' so we don't have to be embarrassed, but 'How can we put our woundedness in the service of others?' When our wounds cease to be a source of shame, and become a source of healing, we have become wounded healers."
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"Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions."
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"You meet people who forget you. You forget people you meet. But sometimes you meet those people you can't forget. Those are your 'friends"
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"A lot of people like to fool you and say that you're not smart if you never went to college, but common sense rules over everything. That's what I learned from selling crack."
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"The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people."
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"People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus."
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"There is always something moving, brewing. There are ambitious people everywhere. Wicked people. The only thing to do is to deal with them with courage and decision. One must beware of uncertainty, weakness or conflicting emotions - they lead to defeat"
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"We are reminded that, in the fleeting time we have on this Earth, what matters is not wealth, or status, or power, or fame, but rather how well we have loved and what small part we have played in making the lives of other people better."
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"I get letters from people who say, 'What have you got against women?' What could I possibly have against women? I've married three of them."
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"The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment."
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"Somewhere along the way in your life, the world and its people will have a problem with you. That's their problem. Not yours."
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"Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge."
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"Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do, while leadership is about inspiring people to do things they never thought they could."
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