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There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S. ↗

— James K. Polk

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Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity. ↗

— Plutarch

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Perhaps more than any other, the food industry is very sensitive to consumer demand. ↗

— Michael Pollan

#consumer #demand #food #food industry #industry

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good. ↗

— Buddha

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When you use the term minority or minorities in reference to people, you're telling them that they're less than somebody else. ↗

— Gwendolyn Brooks

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Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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I'm not trying to say that it never hurt or that I never felt its sting, but I can honestly say that I never blamed anybody for racism. I have considered it more of a manifestation of humanity's problem rather than my personal problem. ↗

— Robert Guillaume

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My ship was also in better condition than when she sailed from Boston on her long voyage. She was still as sound as a nut, and as tight as the best ship afloat. She did not leak a drop - not one drop! ↗

— Joshua Slocum

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Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience. ↗

— Adam Smith

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I abhor nothing more than bumping into someone I know on the Tube. ↗

— Arthur Smith

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