"I began to think, The endowment has had a bad reputation in the last few years, and that's unfair."

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"I began to think, The endowment has had a bad reputation in the last few years, and that's unfair."

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"If you were going to be successful in the world of crime, you needed a reputation for honesty."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

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"What odd chaps you painters are! You do anything in the world to gain a reputation. As soon as you have one, you seem to want to throw it away. It is silly of you, for there is only one thing in the world worse than begin talked about, and that is not being talked about. A portrait like this would set you far above all the young men in England, and make the old men jealous, if old men are ever capable of any emotion."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,Is the immediate jewel of their souls:Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing;'twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;But he that filches from me my good nameRobs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world."

George Herbert, British Poet

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"We do not have the right to make the name of God look bad by our pitiful and impoverished existence."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

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"Communicating negatively (gossiping, bragging, bullying, and criticizing) can be disastrous to your reputation, cause you to lose the respect of others, and leave a terrible impression. Why leave this essential expertise up to chance when it can make or break the success of your relations?"

Susan C. Young, American Author

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"Most people say that Shakespeare rocked merely because most people say that Shakespeare rocked."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

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"A person's reputation is a mixture of what his friends enemies and relatives say behind his back."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

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"Unlike wealth, fame makes it easier for some men and more difficult for some to sleep around."

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"I began to think, The endowment has had a bad reputation in the last few years, and that's unfair."

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