"I have the same goal I've had ever since I was a girl: I want to rule the world."
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"What the working man sells is not directly his Labor, but his Laboring Power, the temporary disposal of which he makes over to the capitalist. This is so much the case that I do not know whether by the English Law, but certainly by some Continental Laws, the maximum time is fixed for which a man is allowed to sell his laboring power. If allowed to do so for any indefinite period whatever, slavery would be immediately restored. Such a sale, if it comprised his lifetime, for example, would make him at once the lifelong slave of his employer."
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"Ambition is the last refuge of the failure."
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"We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves."
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"The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men."
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"There can be no substitute for work, neither affection nor physical well-being can replace it."
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"The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready."
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"The object of living is work, experience, happiness."
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"Few persons realize how much of their happiness is dependent upon their work, upon the fact that they are busy and not left to feed upon themselves. Blessed is the person who has some congenial work, some occupation in which to place one's heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces that are in him or her."
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"If a man were poor or hungry, [some] would say, let us pray for him. I would suggest a little different regimen for a person in this condition: rather take him a bag of flour and a little beef or pork, and a little sugar and butter. A few such comforts will do him more good than your prayers. And I would be ashamed to ask the Lord to do something that I would not do myself. Then go to work and help the poor yourselves first, and do all you can for them, and then call upon God to do the balance."
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"The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager."
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"The computer is a moron."
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"The best work is a fusion of love and praise."
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"Labor is the true standard of value."
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"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
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"The faster you work and the more you get done, the better you feel. Most successful people work at a higher tempo of activity than unsuccessful people. They don't necessarily do different things, but they get things done more efficiently in a given time than the average person."
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"There is no more futile punishment than futile and hopeless labor."
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"I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don't believe in people just hoping. We work for what we want. I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor, so we work to try and bring about the situation that is necessary for the country, and we are confident that we will get to the negotiation table at one time or another. This is the way all such situations pan out even with the most truculent dictator."
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"There's nothing of any importance in life-except how well you do your work."
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"At present, man applies to nature but half his force. He works on the world with his understanding alone. He lives in it, and masters it by a penny-wisdom; and he that works most in it, is but a half-man, and whilst his arms are strong and his digestion good, his mind is imbruted, and he is a selfish savage."
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