It’s my girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to it before her. Discipline must be maintained.

– Ewan MacColl

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Iron sharpens iron; scholar, the scholar.

– Sun Tsu

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Omelettes are not made without breaking eggs.

– Euripides

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It is the custom of the immortal gods to grant temporary prosperity and a fairly long period of impunity to those whom they plan to punish for their crimes, so that they may feel it all the more keenly as a result of the change in their fortunes.

– Joan Robinson

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For you and I are past our dancing days.

– John Dryden

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The overman … Who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life’s terrors, he affirms life without resentment.

– Niels Bohr

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A fool’s paradise is a wise man’s hell!

– Edwidge Danticat

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I always loved running – it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

– Richard M. Nixon

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One flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.

– Geoffrey Chaucer

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A woman is like a teabag, you never know how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

– W. Somerset Maugham

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