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" Being too good is apt to be uninteresting. "

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" In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first. "

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" Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he'd lie just to keep his hand in. "

" I have no desire to crow over anybody or to see anybody eating crow, figuratively or otherwise. We should all get together and make a country in which everybody can eat turkey whenever he pleases. "

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" Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. "

" My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States. "

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