James Farley quotes
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“The best advice I can give to any young man or young woman upon graduation from school can be summed up in exactly eight words, and they are-be honest with yourself and tell the truth.”
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“If the choice is given to us of liberty or security, we must scorn the latter with the proper contempt of free man and the sound judgment of wise men who know that liberty and security are not incompatible in the lives of honest men.”
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“A rigged convention is one with the other man's delegates in control. An open convention is when your delegates are in control.”
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“We find the instinct to shut out competition deep-rooted even among banks and corporations, among corner grocers and haberdasheries, among peanut vendors and shoeshine boys-and even among young ladies in search of a husband.”
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“Never think oldish thoughts. It's oldish thoughts that make a person old.”
-- James Farley
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“I was very unsure about what I wanted to do in high school.”
Source : "PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Aaron Tveit". Interview with Kenneth Jones, www.playbill.com. July 24, 2010.
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“The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.”
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“As eight years before, he was leaving ... to rewrite his destiny in orderly fashion.”
Source : Alessandro Baricco (1998). “Silk”, Vintage
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Source : Alexandra Fuller (2002). “Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood”, p.191, Random House
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