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" Be not simply good - be good for something. "
Henry David Thoreau
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" You can look in the mirror and find a million things wrong with yourself. Or you can look in the mirror and think, 'I feel good, I have my health, and I'm so blessed.' That's the way I choose to look at it. "
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" Surround yourself with really good people. I think that's an important thing. Because the people you surround yourself are a reflection of you. "
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" It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even the slang of today. "
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" Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another? "
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" The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. "
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" There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge. "
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" In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood. "
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" There's no harm being a copycat. If someone else is doing a good job, copy. It's free. "
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" Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained. "
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" Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it. "
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" We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success. "
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" The great thing about getting older is that you become more mellow. Things aren't as black and white, and you become much more tolerant. You can see the good in things much more easily rather than getting enraged as you used to do when you were young. "
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" Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. "
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" The perception of beauty is a moral test. "
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" If you're working for a good company and you're happy there, and you're being compensated accordingly, and your work satisfies you, you should stay there. "
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