John Lee Mahin quotes
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“Oh yes, children often commit murders. And quite clever ones, too. Some murderers, particularly the distinguished ones who are going to make great names for themselves, start amazingly early.... Like mathematicians and musicians. Poets develop later.”
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“No man will ever be a big executive who feels that he must, either openly or under cover, follow up every order he gives and see that it is done-nor will he ever develop a capable assistant.”
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“I don't know how it is up North, of course, but down South there are times when Southern women feel a need for privacy.”
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“Oh, I've got the prettiest mother. I've got the nicest mother. That's what I tell everybody. I say I've got the sweetest mother in the world.”
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Source : A. A. Gill (2008). “Paper view: the best of the Sunday Times television reviews”, Orion Pub Co
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“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.”
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“All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.”
Source : "The Educated Citizen". Address at Princeton University, March 22, 1954.
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“I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.”
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