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"The true picture of life as it is, if it could be adequately painted, would show men what they are, and how they might rise, not, indeed to perfection, but one step first, and then another on the ladder."

"I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse."

"Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early."

"It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to do something."

"A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit."
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"Commercials were too phony for me. I just didn't like selling products I didn't believe in."

"I think that the failures of Enron and WorldCom and other companies are partially failures of investors to recognize companies that are selling for a thousand times nothing, but chances are they may be worth only that."

"The simplest definition of advertising, and one that will probably meet the test of critical examination, is that advertising is selling in print."

"Well, this would be nice if it worked out, but I'm not selling the farm."

"I'm all for selling books, but when guys are burning my house down, that's where I draw the line."

"I have zero desire, just so you know, to be in the limelight. I don't think it's good for the country to have a former president criticize his successor. You're not going to see me giving my opinions in the public arena, until I start selling my book. I'm going to emerge then submerge."
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