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" I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being. "
Theodore Roosevelt
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" When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it. "
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" To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to the American public. "
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" It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. "
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" The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly. "
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" The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats. "
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