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"Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them."
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"I am not for raising taxes on the American people in a soft economy."

"I do think you feel a little bit like you are preying on people's lives."

"People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone."

"Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public."

"I think that, people are people. That's why the way I treat the lady working in the deli who slices my ham is the same way I treat my friend who drives a Chrysler. That's why the way I treat the guy who packs my groceries is the same way I treat my rich friends. Because people are people. Some are rich and some are poor, and they're all people."

"Ambition is not a vice of little people."
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"Destiny is a good thing to accept when it's going your way. When it isn't, don't call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck."

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"But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents."

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"Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them."

"I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private individuals."

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