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I know - from personal experience - that abiding values and abundant visions are learned in the homes of our people.
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Age: 64 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 27
Died: 1973
Died: January 22
36Th U.S. President
Politician
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Stonewall
Texas
Lyndon Johnson
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Lyndon Baines Johnson
President Johnson
L. B. Johnson
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When things haven't gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention.
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If you have a mother-in-law with only one eye and she has it in the center of her forehead, don't keep her in the living room.
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If you're not listening, you're not learning.
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He that in the latter part of his life too strictly inquires what he has done, can very seldom receive from his own heart such an account as will give him satisfaction.
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