A man generally has two reasons for doing a thing. One that sounds good, and a real one.
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Beckoning a waiter J. P. Morgan once ordered a beer while saying, 'When Morgan drinks, everybody drinks.' Everybody had a beer and when Morgan had finished, he slapped a dime upon the table, saying, 'When Morgan pays, everybody pays.'J. P. Morgan
Well, I don't know as I want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do. I hire him to tell how to do what I want to do.
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I don't want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do I hire them to tell me how to do what I want to do.
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Anyone who has to ask about the annual upkeep of a yacht can't afford one.
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No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking.
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