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One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to

One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them. – Thomas Sowell

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Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good. – Thomas Sowell

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The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics. – Thomas Sowell

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I hate how box-office failures are blamed on an actress, yet I dont see a box-office failure blamed on men. – Ellen Page

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I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success. – Tennessee Williams

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Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesnt work and second, the failure gives you the opportunity to try a new approach. – Roger von Oech

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The reason was the failure of both Japan and China to understand each other and the inability of America and the European powers to sympathize, without prejudice, with the peoples of East Asia. – Hideki Tojo

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I am not opposed to intelligence reform on its face, but any changes should reflect the current context. – Ted Stevens

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As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadnt occurred, my parents would have given me my college education. As it was, I had to scrabble for it. – Sargent Shriver

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There is no blue without yellow and without orange. – Vincent Van Gogh

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