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Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect. – Sydney Smith

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Errors to be dangerous must have a great deal of truth mingled with them. It is only from this alliance that they can ever obtain an extensive circulation. – Sydney Smith

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In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style. – Sydney Smith

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And what holds good of verse holds infinitely better in respect to prose. – James Payn

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I respect the state workers and I respect their unions, but we simply cant afford to pay benefits and pensions that are out of line with economic reality. – Andrew Cuomo

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I have too much respect for the characters I play to make them anything but as real as they can possibly be. I have a great deal of respect for all of them, otherwise I wouldnt do them. And I dont want to screw them by not portraying them honestly. – Kyra Sedgwick

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My mother is very, very smart and commands respect because she has a lot of respect for herself. – Jared Leto

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Im also doing constant book readings, movies. You name it, Im doing it. – Lynn Redgrave

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Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential. – Winston Churchill

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Life is not happening to you. Life is responding to you. – Author Unknown

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