I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song. – Konrad von Gesner

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Everywhere I go, Im asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they dont stifle enough of them. Theres many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher. – Flannery OConnor

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Thats what liberalism is all about, is promoting incompetence on the basis its fair, because people would be the best if they werent discriminated against. – Rush Limbaugh

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