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The more one is absorbed in fighting evil, the less one is tempted to place the good in question.
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The more one is absorbed in fighting evil, the less one is tempted to place the good in question.
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
Looking back, I guess I used to play-act all the time. For one thing, it meant I could live in a more interesting world than the one around me.
Customs do not concern themselves with right or wrong or reason. But they have to be obeyed; one reasons all around them until he is tired, but he must not transgress them, it is sternly forbidden.
Isn't Hollywood a dump, in the human sense of the word. A hideous town, pointed up by the insulting gardens of its rich, full of the human spirit at a new low of debasement.
If only I could master that demon of procrastination that goes about like a roaring lion and devours all my good intentions, I should become the most punctual man in the world.
My dear friends, I bid you farewell as your President. I remain with you as your fellow citizen!
I have no problem with them imitating me. It's a compliment. Everybody has to start out looking up to someone. For me it was James Brown, Sammy Davis Jr., Jackie Wilson, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly.
Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
Service: never have this word on your lips, but keep it in your hearts.