Being too good is apt to be uninterresting.
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To reporters the day after his accession to the presidency, April 13, 1945 When they told me yesterday what had happened, I felt like the moon, the stars and all the planets had fallen on me.
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I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months you wonder how the hell you ever got here. For the next six months you wonder how the hell the rest of them ever got here.
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The difficulty with businessmen entering politics, after they've had a successful business career, is that they want to start at the top.
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Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
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