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A blond in a red dress can do without introductions -- but not without a bodyguard.
Glamour
Rona Jaffe

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Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.
Money
Henry James

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God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest.
Effort
P. D. James

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Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.
Metaphysics
William James

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There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self.
Failure
William James

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The man who wins may have been counted out several times but he didn't hear the referee.
Defeat
H. E. Jansen

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Deceive the rich and powerful if you will, but don't insult them.
Deceit
Japanese Proverb

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We are but tenants and shortly the great landlord will give us notice that our lease has expired.
Death and Dying
Joseph Jefferson

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But this momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror.
Uncategorised
Thomas Jefferson

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It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquillity and occupation which give happiness.
Occupation
Thomas Jefferson

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The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing, but newspapers.
Newspapers
Thomas Jefferson

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The second office of this government is honorable & easy, the first is but a splendid misery.
Uncategorised
Thomas Jefferson

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To myself, personally, it brings nothing but increasing drudgery and daily loss of friends.
Friends and Friendship
Thomas Jefferson

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Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.
Travel and Tourism
Thomas Jefferson

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To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil, you're overdoing it.
Mistakes
Josh Jenkins

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I may be crazy but it keeps me from going insane.
Insanity
Waylon Jennings

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Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys.
Trust
Jewish Proverb

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You don't need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence.
Intelligence and Intellectuals
Jewish Proverb

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I want to do a musical movie. Like Evita, but with good music.
Acting and Actors
Elton John

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Try and forget our cares and sickness, and contribute, as we can to the happiness of each other.
Service
Johnson

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Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become but infamous.
Fame
Don Johnson

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Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion.
Teams and Teamwork
Earvin ''Magic'' Johnson

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It's not what the dream is but what the dream does.
Dreams
John Johnson

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A president's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right.
Right and Rightness
Lyndon B. Johnson

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Boys, I may not know much, but I know chicken shit from chicken salad.
Knowledge
Lyndon B. Johnson

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun