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Every true man, sir, who is a little above the level of the beasts and plants, lives so as to give a meaning and a value to his own life. I once saw a pin on a Delta Airlines employee, and I asked him what the letters in Delta stand for. He said, "Don't Expect Luggage To Arrive." It is impossible to imitate Voltaire without being Voltaire. Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it. I am a stranger to half measures. You have to believe in happiness, or happiness never comes. Work is a world apart from jobs. Work is the way you occupy your mind and hand and eye and whole body when they're informed by your imagination. Remember, no matter how many candles you blow out this year, there's one gal who will always think of you as young, strong and handsome - your mother. There is nothing to be gained by waiting for a better situation. You see where you are and you do what you can with that. Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true. A private railroad car is not an acquired taste. One takes to it immediately. When liberty destroys order, the hunger for order will destroy liberty. The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. The reader who is illuminated is, in a real sense, the poem. Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light. Show me someone who never gossips, and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people. Speech is civilization itself. The great end of life is not knowledge, but action. The twentieth century belongs to Canada. There is a French saying: "Love is the dawn of marriage, and marriage is the sunset of love."
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