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The first mistake in public business is the going into it. - Benja

The first mistake in public business is the going into it. – Benjamin Franklin

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To be honest I live among the English and have always found them to be very honest in their business dealings. They are noble, hard-working and anxious to do the right thing. But joy eludes them, they lack the joy that the Irish have. – Fiona Shaw

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Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. Theres no particular virtue in that. Democracy isnt a gift. Its a responsibility. – Dalton Trumbo

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I dont want to get into the whos a hostage-taker discussion here, but what is the estate tax? Its a double tax on death. Economists will tell you that its really not a tax that soaks the rich, but its a tax on capital that deprives business investment and therefore job creation. – Paul Ryan

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Failure doesnt mean you are a failure it just means you havent succeeded yet. – Robert H. Schuller

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It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. Bartletts Familiar Quotations is an admirable work, and I studied it intently. The quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more. – Sir Winston Churchill

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My family makes these vinegars – out of everything from grapes to peaches and cherries. We go through the whole process with the giant vat and drainer, label them, and give them as Christmas presents. – Mario Batali

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When the soil disappears, the soul disappears. – Terri Guillemets

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I spent four months in Prague in these blue rooms reacting to nothing and you basically place your faith in the hands of the director and the special effects co-coordinator and you keep your fingers crossed and hope that the creatures look really scary. – Edward Burns

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