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Without bigots, eccentrics, cranks and heretics the world would no

Without bigots, eccentrics, cranks and heretics the world would not progress. – Gelett Burgess

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Ah, yes, I wrote the Purple Cow — Im sorry, now, I wrote it! But I can tell you, anyhow, Ill kill you if you quote it. – Gelett Burgess

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Live to live and you will learn to live. – Proverb

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There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he be willing to climb himself. – Andrew Carnegie

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If you improve or tinker with something long enough, eventually it will break or malfunction. – Arthur Bloch

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When the archer misses the mark, he turns and looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bulls eye is never the fault of the target. To improve your aim — improve yourself. – Gilbert Arland

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