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"Our behavior to ordinary people depicts our actual nature."
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"The beauty of the soul is wrapped in modest fashion."
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"I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it."
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"It is better to be gentle than rude."
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"Developing a true and solid character and finding unique traits that belong to only you is a foundational thing."
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"The kindest mind is the most beautiful mind!"
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"Character that is fruit-producing can be summed up in the mastery of these 5 qualities: morals, but a sense of humor; love, but respect for criticism; intelligence without pretense; humility without self-loathing; and a mind open, but with solid convictions."
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"Be the type of man a wife would cherish and a child would admire."
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"Do not imagine that if you meet a really humble man he will be what most people call 'humble' nowadays: he will not be a sort of greasy, smarmy person, who is always telling you that, of course, he is nobody.Probably all you will think about him is that he seemed a cheerful, intelligent chap who took a real interest in what you said to him.If you do dislike him it will be because you feel a little envious of anyone who seems to enjoy life so easily. He will not be thinking about humility: he will not be thinking about himself at all."
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"A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents."
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"After my stellar first grade academic achievements, I continued to perform well in the city primary schools - except for penmanship, which was not my forte."
Character
"After graduating in engineering I went to the University of Kansas to get an MA in economics as a vehicle for allowing me to decide if I wanted to continue in economics."
Economy
"I still have my original social security card signed when I was 13."
Security
"I gradually became persuaded that the subjects, without intending to, had revealed to me a basic truth about markets that was foreign to the literature of economics."
Truth
"In the 9th grade I began my first wage work for the West Side Drug store delivering prescriptions and sundries on my bicycle to customers who called in orders."
Work
"Yes, long hours and a hard life for my parents, but for a six to seven year old every new day dawned with fresh excitement when you have not a care in the world, and so much to learn and witness."
Life
"I can still memory - taste the fresh buttermilk pancakes and hot buttermilk biscuits - both made with lard! - that were cooked on the top, or in the oven, of that ancient iron stove."
Memory
"In 1941 I finished at Allison Intermediate School (grades 7-9), and started at North High School, commuting by bicycle about 5 miles from home to school."
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