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A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

#genius #likely #mediocrity #more #rise

A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it. ↗

— Alistair Cooke

#best work #feel #his #like #professional

The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him that he has been set free to make his own inquiries, to come to conclusions that are right for him, whether or not they coincide with your own. ↗

— Alistair Cooke

#best #child #coincide #come #compliment

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#america #country #easy #looking #means

Hassan and I looked at each other. Cracked up. The Hindi kid would soon learn what the British learned earlier in the century, and what the Russians would eventually learn by the late 1980's: that Afghans are an independent people. Afghans cherish customs but abhor rules. And so it was with kite fighting. The rules were simple: No rules. Fly your kite. Cut the opponents. Good luck. ↗

— Khaled Hosseini

#customs #life #life

Mass demand has been created almost entirely through the development of advertising. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#almost #been #created #demand #development

Advertising is the life of trade. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#life #trade

We draw our Presidents from the people. It is a wholesome thing for them to return to the people. I came from them. I wish to be one of them again. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

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I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

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In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

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