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Before you try to convince anyone else, be sure you are convinced, and if you cannot convince yourself, drop the subject. ↗

— John Henry Patterson

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In examining the potential of individuals, we must focus on their strengths and not just their mistakes. We cannot be limited by what they may have spilled in the kitchen. ↗

— William Pollard

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The fact is, we cannot drill our way to oil independence. ↗

— Carl Pope

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Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances do not admit of it. ↗

— Jean Racine

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With a definite, step-by-step plan - ah, what a difference it makes! You cannot fail, because each step carries you along to the next, like a track. ↗

— Scott Reed

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Art, whose honesty must work through artifice, cannot avoid cheating truth. ↗

— Adrienne Rich

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When something really comes from the soul, I think it has a truth that you cannot find in politics. ↗

— Frank Rich

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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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When I first left university, I thought about going into the private sector. But I discovered when I went to interview that I could only have a career in the back office, or doing HR. The attitude was, 'My dear lady, you cannot possibly think about going on the board.' ↗

— Pauline Neville-Jones

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God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. ↗

— Reinhold Niebuhr

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