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A man's penmanship is an unfailing index of his character, moral and mental, and a criterion by which to judge his peculiarities of taste and sentiments.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Mental
Penmanship
Judging
Peculiarities
Taste
Unfailing
Moral
Criterion
Character
Index
Men
Criteria
Sentiments
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A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.
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I return with feelings of misgiving from my third war-I was the first American commander to put his signature to a paper ending a war when we did not win it.
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Most of us wait until we're in trouble, and then we pray like the dickens. Wonder what would happen if, some morning, we'd wake up and say, Anything I can do for You today, Lord?
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How meagre one's life becomes when it is reduced to its basic facts. And the last, most complete reduction is on one's tombstone: a name, two dates.
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The highest duty is to respect authority.
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Winter does adversely affect [the roads] and our roads have been let go, so they're more and more porous. We're going to have to put more and more emphasis on permanent patch and maintenance, so I expect a great deal of roads breaking up in the spring.
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Western audiences can gain an impression of China from my films. This is an excellent channel for promoting China`s culture.
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By the age of twenty, any young man should know whether or not he is to be a specialist and just where his tastes lie. By postponing the question we have set on immaturity a premium which controls most American personality to its deathbed.
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The sinner will not confess, nor will the priest receive his confession, if the veil of secrecy is removed.
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Experience is something I always think I have until I get more of it.
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What is a highway to one is a disaster to the other.
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Hope for the best, survive the worst, find humor wherever you can.
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I think second place is always the most difficult one. It's not a nice feeling.
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Live constructively and live optimistically.
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Someday there is going to be a book about a middle-aged man with a good job, a beautiful wife and two lovely children who still manages to be happy.
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The cold war was an aberration. Note how quickly the Europeans turned on America once 400 hostile divisions were no longer on their borders.
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