Never delay kissing a pretty girl or opening a bottle of whiskey

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War is no longer made by simply analyzed economic forces if it ever was. War is made or planned now by individual men, demagogues and dictators who play on the patriotism of their people to mislead them into a belief in the great fallacy of war when all their vaunted reforms have failed to satisfy the people they misrule.

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I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

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Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

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We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.

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You must be prepared to work always without applause.

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To be successful in writing, use short sentences.

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Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

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The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

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When you stop doing things for fun you might as well be dead.

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