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“Is it a particularly British trait to so utterly adore truly appalling men, from Tony Hancock through to Steptoe and Alf Garnett, Captain Mainwaring, Rigsby, Del Boy, Victor Meldrew and on to David Brent from The Office. The most deeply adored characters are all simply vile.”
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“God never can use any man very much till he has grace enough to forget himself entirely while doing God's work; for He will not give His glory to another nor share with the most valued instrument the praise that belongs to Jesus Christ alone.”
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“No one man is superior to the game.”
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“When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, `Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free.' But I was one-and-twenty No use to talk to me. When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say again, `The heart out of the bosom Was never given in vain; 'Tis paid with sighs a plenty And sold for endless rue.' And I am two-and-twenty And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.”
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“Purpose, pattern, and people, the three P's at the heart of life.”
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“Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.”
Source : The Love of Fame Satire 2, l. 282 (1725 - 1728)
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“If we followed our own advice, we'd be successful.”
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“Which reminds me of a fortune cookie: you often find your destiny on the path you take to avoid it.”
Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 
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“Most Americans don't know enough about basic economics to fill out one fortune cookie.”
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“At the state dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao, Hu opened a fortune cookie that said, 'You will lend us another trillion dollars.'”
