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"The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight."
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"I had a lovers quarrel with the world."
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"A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body - the wishbone."
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"Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There ain't much credit in that."
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"It is better to think positive than dwell on negative thoughts."
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"A healthy attitude is contagious, let others catch it."
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"Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities."
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"Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter."
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"There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist."
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"Stubborness and staunch, they are both same thingsfrom different point of view, such crazy and eccentric."
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"Life is mental, it's all about attitude. The majority of it is lived in your head."
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"We both agreed that Stalin was determined to hold out against the Germans. He told us he'd never let them get to Moscow. But if he was wrong, they'd go back to the Urals and fight. They'd never surrender."
Fight
"Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers."
Politics
"It never occurred to me that we would have as grandiose a program as the Marshall Plan, but I felt that we had to do something to save Europe from economic disaster which would encourage the Communist takeover."
Disaster
"Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country's never been the same since."
Leadership
"There's a myth that Roosevelt gave Stalin Eastern Europe. I was with Roosevelt every day at Yalta."
History
"I think there are telegrams that may or may not be available, which indicated that I very much had in mind the need to give Europe substantial aid after the war, after Lend-Lease was over."
War
"As far as the Russians were concerned, I felt the reverse; they had adequate gold, if they wanted to buy, and they weren't dependent upon international trade. I felt they were more self-sufficient."
Gold
"I think Stalin was afraid of Roosevelt. Whenever Roosevelt spoke, he sort of watched him with a certain awe. He was afraid of Roosevelt's influence in the world."
Influence
"It was fear. He didn't want to see a united Germany. Stalin made it clear to me - I spoke with him many times - that they couldn't afford to let Germany build up again. They'd been invaded twice, and he wasn't willing to have it happen again."
Fear
"How could you justify giving Holland twice the amount of money that you gave Belgium? Well, finally, I put it up to them. They said that they couldn't do it; it would destroy them. I said they had to do it. And I finally got support from Hoffman on it."
Money
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