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"My parents had always preached the virtues of hard work. But hard work is one thing; economic struggle is another."
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"Employers are at their happiest on Mondays. Employees are at their happiest on Fridays."

"Back then, work revolved around life. Today, life revolves around work."

"Love by the sweat of thy brow.Not through whispered words of hollow sound or lofty dreams ne'er substance bound that more than oft do run aground. Nay, love with mighty, blistered hands that turn the soil and carve the land. A bearer of toil and golden band. Be strong! A founder of the feast! Protective knight who slays the beast! For promises and vows aloud are naught but wispy veneer shroud like cobwebs, frail, the airy words and wooing fail. So work, my darling. Toil as proof. Thy loyal heart be drained of youth and yet beat on, incessant sound. Both feet take root within the ground, and service be thy kingly crown.Love by the sweat of thy brow."

"Your life content reduces with employment."

"A specialist's mind is a slave to his specialization."
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"The only genuine elite is the elite of those men and women who gave their lives to justice and charity."

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"Racism cannot be cured solely by attacking some of the results it produces, like discrimination in housing or in education."

"I don't think the Gallup Poll technique is going to be very helpful in determining the goals of our educational system."

"It is well to be prepared for life as it is, but it is better to be prepared to make life better than it is."

"Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason for believing it is worthwhile to sacrifice for their work because such sacrifices improve the psychological and mental health of the person who makes them?"

"Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight."
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