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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

#foreheads #fortune #give #luxury #read

And I really do think that the difficulty of research makes it more real to you than punching a thing to find out how many men were killed at this particular action. ↗

— Shelby Foote

#difficulty #find #how #i #killed

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats. ↗

— B. C. Forbes

#become #before #defeats #demonstrated #discouraged

Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always makes you less than you are. ↗

— Malcolm Forbes

#even #getting #keeping #less #makes

No more turning a blind eye to Chinese spies in our nuclear labs. No more keeping silent about Chinese slave labor camps. ↗

— Steve Forbes

#blind #blind eye #camps #chinese #eye

Obviously, things can get derailed, particularly if, which looks more and more likely, you get a blow-up between Israel and Iran. I think that's a very real probability now. But barring some real blow-up, the U.S. economy will grow, after a slow first quarter, about 3, 3.5 percent this year, far better than it was in 2011. ↗

— Steve Forbes

#after #barring #better #between #economy

One thing led to another and I didn't have to take tickets any more because I now worked for Mr. Rogers. He said if I was going to take care of his horses than I'd better learn how to ride. He was very kind to me. ↗

— Glenn Ford

#any #because #better #care #going

A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it. ↗

— Henry Ford

#feats #his #mouth #opens #person

The more I thought of the McClure offer the less I thought of it. So I told him last night I was satisfied where I was, and that the $75 he offered me was no inducement. ↗

— Richard H. Davis

#i #inducement #last #last night #less

There's a million new people in the studio every day creating new stuff so I really had to be on my toes with this one so I could get it out before somebody else could. ↗

— Willa Ford

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