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Nobody minded what you did in bed or what you said about God, a ve

Nobody minded what you did in bed or what you said about God, a very civilized attitude in 1948. – Simon Raven

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And so, at the age of thirty, I had successively disgraced myself with three fine institutions, each of which had made me free of its full and rich resources, had trained me with skill and patience, and had shown me nothing but forbearance and charity when I failed in trust. – Simon Raven

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Scholarship was one thing, drudgery another. I very soon concluded that nothing would induce me to read, let alone make notes on, hundreds and hundreds of very, very, very boring books. – Simon Raven

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Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. – Thomas Jefferson

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It really was hand-to-mouth and you can say, Poor little me, how dreadful, what a deprived childhood, but I didnt feel that way at all. Its all about the attitude at home. – Carol Vorderman

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We live in a country that used to have a can-do attitude, and now we have a what-can-you-do-for-me? attitude, and what I try to do is find ways that we can develop common ground. – Benjamin Carson

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There were a few teachers who just did not like me because of my face. Once, I was told to stand in the corner until I cheered up. The attitude was, Oh, for Gods sake, whats the matter with him? But its just a natural expression. – Jack Dee

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If I could be a third of the woman that my mom is and have a third of the strength that she has, then I will have done good by this life. – Brittany Murphy

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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. – Aeschylus

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Never fight fire from ego. – Author Unknown

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