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If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived. – Edmund Burke

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Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations – wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco. – Edmund Burke

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Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy. – Edmund Burke

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Some people are electrifying, they light up a room when they leave. – Yiddish Proverb

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Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody. – Benjamin Franklin

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People are who they are — give or take 15%. – Modern Family, “Fifteen Percent,” written by Steven Levitan, spoken by the chara

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Those who are quite satisfied sit still and do nothing; those who are not quite satisfied are the sole benefactors of the world. – Walter Savage Landor

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My dream was always to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated. – Kate Upton

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I believe in incentivizing people. If you can incentivize people in anything, whether its in politics in life in spirituality in business just take care of folks. Incentivize them and all of a sudden its amazing the difference that youll see. – Zachary Levi

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