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You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.
Andrew Carnegie
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Andrew Carnegie
Age: 83 †
Born: 1835
Born: November 25
Died: 1919
Died: August 11
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Endriu Karnegi
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Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and whose father is guide, exemplar, and friend. No servants to come between. These are the boys who are born to the best fortune.
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A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.
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Any idea that is held in the mind, that is emphasized, that is either feared or revered, will begin at once to cloth itself in the most convenient and appropriate form available.
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There is little success where there is little laughter.
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Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!
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I choose free libraries as the best agencies for improving the masses of the people, because they give nothing for nothing. They only help those who help themselves.
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Not evil, but good, has come to the race from the accumulation of wealth by those who have the ability and energy that produce it.
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The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.
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A sunny disposition is worth more than [a monetary] fortune. Young people should know that it can be cultivated that the mind like the body can be moved from the shade into sunshine.
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All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.
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It is trying to be other than one's self that unmans one. Be your own natural self and go ahead.
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