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If, however, the success of a politician is to be measured by the degree in which he is able personally to influence the course of politics, and attach to himself a school of political thought, then Mr. Mill, in the best meaning of the words, has succeeded. ↗

— Millicent Fawcett

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I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there. ↗

— Herb Caen

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I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome. ↗

— Julius Caesar

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Which death is preferably to every other? "The unexpected". ↗

— Julius Caesar

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Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. ↗

— William Feather

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Beware of the person who can't be bothered by details. ↗

— William Feather

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If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all. ↗

— John Cage

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Ideas are one thing and what happens is another. ↗

— John Cage

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One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute. ↗

— William Feather

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Each of us is meant to have a character all our own, to be what no other can exactly be, and do what no other can exactly do. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

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