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The greatest improvement in the productive powers of labour, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity, and judgment with which it is anywhere directed or applied, seem to have been the effects of division of labour.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight.

The bell jar hung, suspended, a few feet above my head. I was aware of it dimly as a symbol of the trap.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.

I think that every actor’s first responsibility is to be as interesting as possible.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.

If you want to sing out, sing out.

It’s the writer’s duty to write, but it’s also the reader’s duty to read.

I am the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.

You don’t think of the team when you hit a home run. You think of the moment, the thrill.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

Music is like wine – it can be sweet or it can be sour, but it’s always emotional.

You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

The master said, ‘Do not worry about the past, do not worry about the future, do what is necessary.’

Life’s too short to be anything but happy.

I saw that the people who made it in this world were the ones who got up every time they were knocked down.

You can go your own way, and you can do what you want.

I am just a judge doing my job. Nothing more, nothing less.

The only constant is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today.