Every myth has a modicum of truth
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SAMUEL JOHNSON This myth has been popping up for a long time.
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IRIS APFEL In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time...
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JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us.
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ALLAN BRISTOW You do have a modicum of peace of mind here, but it's as unsettled as any other place.
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BENEDICT WONG Lee has one of the biggest hearts I've ever come across. He's an extremely generous person.
DAMIEN MASON Every mind has a choice between truth and repose. Take which you please you can never have both.
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KAREN ARMSTRONG Even a modicum of celebrity is hard to deal with. You see it with actors and directors all the time.
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JEANIENE FROST Atticus---" ...said Jem bleakly. "How could they do it, how could they?"
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H.L. MENCKEN No one in my family has ever died of love. What happened, happened, but nothing myth-inspiring.
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SPIKE LEE We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.
LEE IACOCCA You've got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it. It...
LEE IACOCCA Boys, there ain't no free lunches in this country. And don't go spending your whole life commiserati...
LEE IACOCCA It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
LEE HANEY The one word that makes a good manager -- decisiveness.
LEE IACOCCA I've always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team.
LEE IACOCCA You're only has good as your last haircut.
SUSAN LEE Most people are looking for security, a nice, safe, prosperous future. And there's nothing wrong wit...
LEE IACOCCA Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, y...
LEE IACOCCA Any change, any loss, does not make us victims. Others can shake you, surprise you, disappoint you, ...
BLAINE LEE Circumstances hell! I make circumstances!
BRUCE LEE People want economy and they'll pay almost any price to get it.
LEE IACOCCA When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.
LEE IACOCCA I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best ser...
LEE BRISTOL