Quote by James Bryce
He showed that fame may be won and what services be rendered by a

He showed that fame may be won and what services be rendered by a plain son of the people unaided by any gifts of fortune. – James Bryce

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Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know what he thinks he knows. – James Bryce

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Mistakes
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Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its own existance. – James Bryce

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Medicine
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The People, though we think of a great entity when we use the word, means nothing more than so many millions of individual men. – James Bryce

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Government
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Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt. – Herbert Hoover, attributed

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The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. – Thomas Jefferson

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I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot. – Abraham Lincoln

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Patriotism is easy to understand in America – it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. – Calvin Coolidge

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Presidents Day

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Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser – in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. – Abraham Lincoln

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Presidents Day

Employee of the month is a good example of how somebody can be both a winner and a loser at the same time. – Demetri Martin

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Time

Contrary to popular opinion, things dont go stale particularly fast in the art world. – Jerry Saltz

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Art

I will not make a scrapbasket of my mind. – Author unknown, c. early 1900s

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Clutter