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"Joe Kennedy isn't in the habit of having incompetents around. I wouldn't have lasted three months if I didn't have some ability."
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"Rigid, the skeleton of habit alone upholds the human frame."
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Personal Development

"Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state."
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"Laws are never as effective as habits."
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"Bad habits are demons that often push us into isolation because they know that in our loneliness they stand little chance of being overcome."
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"I know that trying to begin a new habit may be uncomfortable, inconvenient, or challenging. However, when the goal is to feel terrific, isn't it worth your consideration?"
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"An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones."
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"We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves."
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"Habits grow like dragons if you feed them."
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"Professors simply can't discuss a thing. Habit compels them to deliver a lecture."
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"In the Arab world, there is no link between the cultural habits of peoples and the ways of thinking and creating of modern intellectuals. They are two separate worlds."
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"I want to warn anyone who sees the Peace Corps as an alternative to the draft that life may well be easier at Fort Dix or at apost in Germany than it will be with us."
Life

"The roots of racism lie deep in man's nature, wounded and bruised by original sin."
Nature

"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?"
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"The Peace Corps is guilty of enthusiasm and a crusading spirit. But we're not apologetic about it."
Peace

"There is an alternative to war. It has been with us forever."
War

"The Peace Corps would give thousands of young Americans a chance to see at first hand the conditions in remote areas of the world."
Peace

"Working in an underdeveloped land for two or three years, the volunteer will often find that his work is routine and full of frustration."
Work

"The natural idealism of youth is an idealism, alas, for which we do not always provide as many outlets as we should."
Education

"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."
Life

"It is precisely our job as Catholics to speak the truth as plainly and precisely as we can."
Truth
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