Quote by Walter Lippmann
Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all

Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism. – Walter Lippmann

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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. – Walter Lippmann

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Music
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The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his Public Opinion, will soon see, perhaps, that these appeals are not a compliment to his intelligence, but an imposition on his good nature and an insult to his sense of evidence. – Walter Lippmann

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Intelligence
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Success
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Evolution acts slowly. Our psychological characteristics today are those that promoted reproductive success in the ancestral environmen. – Keith Henson

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Personal satisfaction is the most important ingredient of success. – Denis Waitley

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If theres no fire, theres no scream. If theres no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it. – R. Kelly

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Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction. – Al Bernstein

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A blind man knows he cannot see, and is glad to be led, though it be by a dog; but he that is blind in his understanding, which is the worst blindness of all, believes he sees as the best, and scorns a guide. – Samuel Butler

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The Unix philosophy basically involves giving you just enough rope to hang yourself. And then a couple of feet more, just to be sure. – Author Unknown

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How things look on the outside of us depends on how things are on the inside of us. – Parks Cousins

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