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I Now Began For The First Time To Envy Those Young Cubs At The University Who Had Fine Scholars To Tell Them What Was What; Professors Who Had Devoted Their Lives To Mastering And Focusing Ideas In Every Branch Of Learning; Who Were Eager To Distribute The Treasures They Had Gathered Before They Were Overtaken By The Night. But Now I Pity Undergraduates, When I See What Frivolous Lives Many Of Them Lead In The Midst Of Precious Fleeting Opportunity. After All, A Man's Life Must Be Nailed To A Cross Either Of Thought Or Action. Without Work There Is No Play.

-Winston Churchill

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I Now Began For The First Time To Envy Those Young Cubs At The University Who Had Fine Scholars To Tell Them What Was What; Professors Who Had Devoted Their Lives To Mastering And Focusing Ideas In Every Branch Of Learning; Who Were Eager To Distribute The Treasures They Had Gathered Before They Were Overtaken By The Night. But Now I Pity Undergraduates, When I See What Frivolous Lives Many Of Them Lead In The Midst Of Precious Fleeting Opportunity. After All, A Man's Life Must Be Nailed To A Cross Either Of Thought Or Action. Without Work There Is No Play.

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We Are All Worms. But I Believe That I Am A Glow-worm.

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A Sheep In Sheep's Clothing.

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We Are Masters Of The Unsaid Words, But Slaves Of Those We Let Slip Out.

It Is Of No Account; After All, The Old Bird Does Not Fly Far From His Nest.

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You Were Given The Choice Between War And Dishonor. You Chose Dishonor And You Will Have War.

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We Make A Living By What We Get, But We Make A Life By What We Give.

A Vocabulary Of Truth And Simplicity Will Be Of Service Throughout Your Life.

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Meet Success Like A Gentleman; Disaster Like A Man.

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Make For The Children An Evening Of Happiness In A World Of Storm. Let The Children Have Their Night Of Fun And Laughter... Resolved That By Our Daring, These Same Children Shall Not Be Denied Their Right To Live In A Free And Decent World.

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Faithful Servants

I Would Say To The House, As I Said To Those Who Have Joined This Government: I Have Nothing To Offer But Blood, Toil, Tears And Sweat.

When You Get A Thing The Way You Want It, Leave It Alone.

Be A Peg, Hammered Into The Frozen Ground, Immovable.

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Fred F. Fielding

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