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If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants. – Isaac Newton, letter to Robert Hooke, 5 February 1675 (“Bernard of Chartres used

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Order marches with weighty and measured strides; disorder is always in a hurry. – Napoleon I, Maxims, 1815

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The self cannot be escaped, but it can be, with ingenuity and hard work, distracted. – Donald Barthelme

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Probably the most honest “self-made man” ever was the one we heard say: “I got to the top the hard way — fighting my own laziness and ignorance every step of the way.” – James Thom

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Sometimes the best helping hand you can get is a good, firm push. – Joann Thomas

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When you consider all the stars I have managed, mere submarines make me smile. – Charles Frohman

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I more fear what is within me than what comes from without. – Martin Luther

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