"The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem."

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"The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem."

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"Phrenology taught us that the mind thinks by means of the brain, is liable to become fatigued by too long attention, as the locomotive muscles are by too much walking; and I therefore proposed to them to take a brief rest."

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"Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches."

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"You're a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it."

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"The turning point for me was when the Supreme Court installed Bush in 2000, even though he got half a million votes less nationally than Gore. It was nothing more than a bloodless coup and that's when I really started paying attention."

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