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I heard a lot in school, 'You've got a really great talent, but there's no way you're going to be a dancer with that body.'
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Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but of great talent; and men of no talent, but of one principle - that of obedience to their superiors.
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India is a great talent pool of actors. I see Freida Pinto making it big in Hollywood, and I am sure many others can also make it.
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I think there are those individuals who are intimidated by really smart, talented people. But for me, surrounding yourself with great talent is the key to success.
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This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to change his bed.


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The only fruitful promise of which the life of any individual or any nation can be possessed, is a promise determined by an ideal.
Herbert Croly
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In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can.
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Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.
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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.


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Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.


Marcus Tullius Cicero
The basic thing a man should know is how to change a tyre and how to drive a tractor. Whatever that bearded dude is doing on the Dos Equis beer commercials sets the bar. That's your guy. Every man should be aiming to be like him. The beard is just the tip of the iceberg.
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The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.
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No education can be of true advantage to young women but that which trains them up in humble industry, in great plainness of living, in exact modesty of dress.
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The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart.


Mencius
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Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.
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Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do!


Robert Browning
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Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
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Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.


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