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The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men. – George Eliot

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But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. – George Eliot

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Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare ones self to do without it. – George Eliot

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Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men. – Henry David Thoreau

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To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself. – Thomas Carlyle

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The fact is that I find more most men are more open, more generous, and much more stimulating than the majority of females I know. – Marilyn Monroe

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