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He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#also #flatter #how #knows #slander

Y'know, the real reason why I was such a failure in the sense of being unable to make any sort of a living was because I was really not motivated. I had no motivation. ↗

— Paul Twitchell

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You can't really pretend something is rosier than it is and expect people to buy it. ↗

— James Van Der Beek

#expect #people #pretend #really #something

You know, I'm not big on conspiracy theory. It does really kind of get my blood going when I find out there really are conspiracies that actually happened. ↗

— James Van Der Beek

#big #blood #conspiracies #conspiracy #does

You start thinking the world is a certain way and forgetting that there's another world outside of the campus boundaries that has nothing to do with what is your world at the time. ↗

— James Van Der Beek

#boundaries #campus #certain #certain way #forgetting

Designis a revelation to me. It's like taking something that is not alive and giving it form, shape, substance, and life. ↗

— Geoffrey Beene

#form #giving #life #like #me

I go through a thousand songs to find ten for a new record. ↗

— Conway Twitty

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No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#done #doubt #fine #self-sacrifice #toil

One might well say that mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#divisible #great #guests #hosts #into

It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#confess #defect #easier #quality #than