“You show people what you’re willing to fight for when you fight for your friends.”
Hillary Clinton, quoted in HuffingtonPost.com
“There’s only one boss: the customer. He can fire everybody from the chairman on down simply by spending his money elsewhere.”
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“The pupil who is never required to do what he cannot do never does what he can do.”
John Stuart Mill, quoted in the Monterey County, Calif., Herald
“It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality.”
Author Max Beerbohm, quoted in The Boston Globe
“Television is a device that permits people who haven’t anything to do to watch people who can’t do anything.”
Comedian Fred Allen, quoted in the Associated Press
“It is now proved beyond doubt that smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.”
Author Fletcher Knebel, quoted in the Montreal Gazette
“An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered.”
G.K. Chesterton, quoted in Real Simple
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