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What people need and what they want may be very different.
Elbert Hubbard
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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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Illinois
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Life is a checkerboard, and the player opposite you is time. If you hesitate before moving, or neglect to move promptly, your men will be wiped off the board by time. You are playing against a partner who will not tolerate indecision!
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Man creates both his god and his devil in his own image. His god is himself at his best, and his devil himself at his worst.
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The love we give away is the only love we keep.
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A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
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The weaknesses of the many make the leader possible.
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Victory a matter of staying power.
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Grammar is the grave of letters.
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The man who has no problems is out of the game.
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If we cannot be powerful and happy and prey on others, we invent conscience and prey on ourselves.
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A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.
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The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
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Unleash your TRAVEL BEAST .... explore the world. It's time to begin your next adventure! No man needs a vacation so much as the person who has just had one.
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Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
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Be patient with the boys - you are dealing with soul-stuff.
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