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It's easy to work for somebody else all you have to do is show up.

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John Wanamaker
Age: 84 †
Born: 1838
Born: July 11
Died: 1922
Died: December 12
Merchant
Politician
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
J. Wanamaker
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Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with.
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No mistake or failure is as bad as to stop and not try again.
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One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time.
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I cannot too greatly emphasize the importance and value of Bible study - more important than ever before in these days of uncertainties, when men and woman are apt to decide questions from the standpoint of expediency rather than the eternal principles laid down by God, Himself.
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I learned 30 years ago that it is foolish to scold. I have enough trouble overcoming my own limitations without fretting over the fact that God has not seen fit to distribute evenly the gift of intelligence.
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