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Count 10 over him - he'll get up

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Wilson Mizner
Age: 56 †
Born: 1876
Born: May 19
Died: 1933
Died: April 3
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Benicia
California
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Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
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I've had ample contact with lawyers, and I'm convinced that the only fortune they ever leave is their own.
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The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears.
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I've spent several years in Hollywood, and I still think the movie heroes are in the audience.
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All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of Scripture when it is conceived upon slight and inadequate provocation, and when it continues long.
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Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him.
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