“The price of doing the same old thing is far higher than the price of change.”
Bill Clinton, quoted in BleacherReport.com
“Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we do not control.”
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“Show business is not so much ‘dog eats dog’ as ‘dog doesn’t return other dog’s phone calls.’”
Woody Allen, quoted in Guardian.co.uk
“A mistake is simply another way of doing things.”
Publisher Katharine Graham, quoted in the New Orleans Times-Picayune
“The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.”
Hannah Arendt, quoted in RefDesk.com
“A failure is a man who has blundered but is not able to cash in on the experience.”
Elbert Hubbard, quoted in the Toronto Globe and Mail
“There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you can enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”
Bertrand Russell, quoted in DallasNews.com
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