I felt from the start that America was not likely to relinquish lightly positions established at the cost of such sacrifices, and I pressed the view that a high degree of preparation and willingness to make sacrifices would be necessary on our side, but everybody here always persists in facile optimism until the very worst actually happens. -Isoroku Yamamoto

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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows. ― Epictetus

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I know it’s hard, but don’t give up. You’ll get there.

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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. — Helen Keller

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One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds.- Frank Zappa

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I’m here for you—no matter what. You’re not alone in this.

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The worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because then she never gets out of there.

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I had a schoolmaster who was a supernumerary at Glyndebourne Opera, and through ,I got a job as a walk-on in Peter Hall's production of 'Don Giovanni' there in 1975 or 1976. - Richard McCabe

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The enemy of “the best” is not “the worst.” The enemy of “the best” is “just fine. ― Dave Ramsey

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For I have known them all already, known them all Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

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