Take the obvious, add a cupful of brains, a generous pinch of imagination, a bucketful of courage and daring, stir well and bring to a boil.
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During my eighty-seven years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.
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Bears don't live on Park Avenue.
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Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see. Know also when you actually have thought through to the nature of the thing with which you are dealing and when you are not thinking at all.
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So. The time has come for me to get my kite flying, stretch out in the sun, kick off my shoes, and speak my piece. 'The days of struggle are over,' I should be able to say. 'I can look back now and tell myself I don't have a single regret.' But I do. Many years ago a very wise man named Bernard Baruch took me aside and put his arm around my shoulder. 'Harpo, my boy,' he said, 'I'm going to give you three pieces of advice, three things you should always remember.' My heart jumped and I glowed with expectation. I was going to hear the magic password to a rich, full life from the master himself. 'Yes, sir' I said. And he told me the three things. I regret that I've forgotten what they were.
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I made my money by selling too soon.
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Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can't be done except by liars.
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The art of living lies not in eliminating but in growing with troubles.
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When beggars and shoeshine boys, barbers and beauticians can tell you how to get rich it is time to remind yourself that there is no more dangerous illusion than the belief that one can get something for nothing.
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Two things are bad for the heart -- running up stairs and running down people.
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The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.
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A political leader must keep looking over his shoulder all the time to see if the boys are still there. If they aren't still there, he's no longer a political leader.
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A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
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If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament -- disarmament follows peace.
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You talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle everybody is engaged in to get better living conditions, and they are not interested too much in the form of government.
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I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
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There are no such things as incurable s. There are only things for which man has not found a cure.
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Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.
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Gold has worked down from Alexander's time... When something holds good for two thousand years I do not believe it can be so because of prejudice or mistaken theory.
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If you get all the facts, your judgment can be right; if you don't get all the facts, it can't be right.
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Vote for the man who promises least. He'll be the least disappointing.
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Every man has a right to be wrong in his opinions. But no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.
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