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"If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union."

"I didn't do this for the President. When I had this opportunity, not only was it work, but it was something that I could do, as an actor, for the victims and their families. Something I could give back."

"The vicious circle of life is employment."

"It is good to work for your living."

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him. But of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say, 'We did this ourselves.'"

"Hard work is what you do to make ends meet, easy work is getting others to do the hard work for you."
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"Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing."

"The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort."

"He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby."

"Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform."

"We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment."

"Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness."

"As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family."

"He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy."

"There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth."
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